Sunday, March 02, 2025

The hardest fast (Sunday homily)

 Everyone knows that Ash Wednesday is this week, right?


And we all know that those 18-59 are obliged to fast 

on Ash Wednesday – and on Good Friday. 

That means one full meal and two snacks if you need them.


And, we all know that the focus of Lent 

is on repentance and self-denial: 

that’s why we pray more seriously, and look to be more generous, 

and we choose to give things up.


Allow me to point out: the hardest fast is not from food.

It is from words.


The words you and I speak.


And the words we listen to. 


Fewer words mean more silence.


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