St. Peter of Alcantara challenges the softness of our modern lives. He is a patron of penance.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Shrove Tuesday Meditation A Shrove Tuesday Meditation Saint Paul tells us, “We see now through a mirror in an obscure manner, but then face to face.”   These words describe the whole of our earthly life. We know God, but imperfectly. We love Him, but not yet with a pure heart. We walk in faith, not yet in vision. How fitting that these words echo on the eve of Lent. Shrove Tuesday has always been a day of clearing the mirror. The word “shrove”  comes from t

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