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A woman who overcame sin
The first reading of the Penitential Canon is coming to an end. And Saint Andrew of Crete reveals the image of a heroine of church history whom God caught with bait.
Rehearsing eternity: Great Lent as an exit from dictatorship of noise
Great Lent is not a diet. It is not a seasonal ban on entertainment. It is a voluntary step into what might be called a corridor of silence – a place where a person removes the masks and finally encounters his real self.
King’s repentance and Uriah’s red cloak
The third part of the penitential canon is not a morality lesson. It is an anatomy lesson, and a mirror held up to betrayal.
Lot’s wife syndrome: Why repentance cannot look back
Christ spoke three words about her. But those words are among the sharpest warnings in the whole Gospel.
Spiritual spring: Why we congratulate one another on the beginning of Great Lent
From the outside, it can look like a kind of collective lapse of reason. And yet behind this greeting lies one of the deepest mysteries of Christian life.
Anatomy of forgiveness: how to reconcile with God and stop judging yourself
On Forgiveness Sunday, we often ask for forgiveness mechanically. But how do we forgive those who have caused real pain, and how do we reconcile with the Creator?