Why We Return

Fr. John talks about why returning to the Lord during Lent is important. He explains that when we pursue the spiritual practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we place ourselves before God in a healthy way.

Remember that you are dust and to dust, you shall return.

“Show gracious favor, O Lord, we pray,
to the works of penance we have begun,
that we may have strength
to accomplish with sincerity
the bodily observances we undertake”.

—Collect for Mass of the Day