Please fast and pray every Thursday for the renewal of the Catholic Church in America. Please note: The Cybersociety will fast on Fridays beginning January 2013, in accordance with ancient custom.

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Lent II


It will no longer do to hide,
To cover, to conceal,
To pretend to be building anything
Except a house of sin
Over a cellar of disordered love.

Only the bare bones can stay now
In mercy's clearing...
While still there is a recognizable heart,
Boneclean barrenness alone
Can look to spring.
--"Winterset" by Gervase Toelle, O. Carm. (1921-1967)

Friday, February 16, 2018

Lent


"Love ... commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication." -- Simone Weil

"When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you not appear to be fasting, except to your Father, who is hidden." (Matthew 6:18)