The priestly anniversary of St. Josemaria encourages us to renew the resolution that we will gratefully, each day, at the foot of the cross—of the altar—share in the life that Jesus Christ gives us.

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The devil’s “territory,” apart from those “kingdoms of the world” he claimed as his own when tempting Christ, might be difficult to map out—it was, after all, into the swept and tidied house that the unclean spirit returned with a company of devils worse than himself (cf. Lk 4:5; Mt 12:43-45).

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The Lord wants us always to bear in mind two things: the mercy we have received, and where that mercy comes from: the Cross of Jesus.

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St. Josemaria took the opportunity of the Lenten season to pray more, sacrifice more, and to find ways of giving of himself more generously to those around him. For him, prayer and penance can precisely make much room for joy.

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Lent is a compendium of our whole life, which is a “constant returning to the house of our Father God.”

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Our own “desert” to which Christ is calling us might be anything from a private home, to an office cubicle, to a city street. Wherever the contents of our hearts can and should be revealed, there the Bridegroom awaits us.

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This Lent explore our curated selection of resources to help you begin again and advance in your faithfulness to Christ and desire for holiness.

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“And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!’” (Mt 21:9).

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Together with the St. Josemaria Institute, inspire your conversion and renewal this Lent contemplating how Our Lord continues to call you by your name.

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"Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end" (Jn 13:1). The reader of this verse from St John's Gospel is brought to understand that a great event is about to take place.

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Like every Christian celebration, today's is one of peace. The palm branches, with their ancient symbolism, recall a scene of the book of Genesis.

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During this week which Christians traditionally call holy week, we are given another chance to reflect on and to re-live the last hours of Jesus' life.

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"The Seven Last Words" is a beloved devotion of the Church that invites us to recall and meditate on Jesus' last words as he hung on the cross.

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We are at the beginning of Lent: a time of penance, purification and conversion. It is not an easy program, but then Christianity is not an easy way of life.

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"'Are you ready to drink the cup' — that cup which means giving yourself fully to the will of the Father — 'which I am going to drink?' Possumus!: 'Yes! We are ready!' (Mt 20:22) is the reply of John and James. Are you and I really ready to carry out, in everything, the will of our Father God?"

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We begin Lent with the ultimate reality of human life: we are marked with ashes on our head. And this is meant to stand for who we are...

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Beginning on Ash Wednesday, the St. Josemaria Institute invites you to join us each week of Lent as we open ourselves and our hearts to Jesus Christ, especially in the Holy Mass and the Eucharist.

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I am the way, the truth and the life. In these clear and unmistakable words Our Lord traces out for us the true path that leads to everlasting happiness.

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The saying goes that most people see only what they want to see. If that's true, then most of us live with a kind of selective blindness.

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The Prodigal Son went out looking for heaven on earth. He was restless at home. He entertained a fantasy that things could be better elsewhere—in a faraway place, with different people, where he could be carefree, an anonymous rogue.

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