Fr. John Burns explains how the season of Lent calls us to return to the Lord, and renounce all those things of the world that separate us from God. Lent begins with the practice of wearing ashes on our foreheads to remind us and the world that there is grave sin, disorder, and division that is against God’s will. As we wear ashes, we proclaim our rejection of sin and our desire to be in communion with God. How will you repent and return to the Lord this Lent?
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