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Mamas Of Lent, Despair Not! (Because We Have A Lot To Offer)

Mamas Of Lent, Despair Not! (Because We Have A Lot To Offer)

Posted by ST. RAPHAEL COUNSELING in Lent 228 Views

Literally. I have many dear girlfriends who say to me often during time of this Lenten season, “I really really want to go to daily Mass/pray a rosary/prayer longer/pray at all/make sandwiches for the poor” but then after the second week...

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For Lent This Year, Build a Habit (and Why I Think “Motivation” is a 4-Letter Word)

For Lent This Year, Build a Habit (and Why I Think “Motivation” is a 4-Letter Word)

Posted by ST. RAPHAEL COUNSELING in Lent 231 Views

Every year for lent, my grandpa would tell us he was giving up 7-layer cake…Of course, he would wryly confide to us that he had never had 7-layer cake in his whole life, which meant that he was very successful at his lenten goal! But isn’t that...

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Fasting Is Lame (Not)

Posted by ST. RAPHAEL COUNSELING in Lent 201 Views

Fasting: In 2014, Pope Francis said, “Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others…” YES! Fasting should stretch us, whatever that means for you, but it shouldn’t make you gleeful. “Hee Hee...

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