The entire purpose of Lent, now past the halfway mark, is to prepare us for the glory of Easter and its revelation of the destiny that God first intended for humanity “in the beginning” (Genesis 1:1): the destiny that Christ made possible after the Fall through the Paschal Mystery of his Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
As the Church continues its Lenten journey, perhaps we might ponder three great themes that shape the spiritual rhythms of this noble penitential season.
The first of these might be called the annual catechumenate.
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