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Becoming Who God Created via the Disciplines of Lent, by Suellen Brewster – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Suellen Brewster, Catholic Exchange, March 6, 2026

Suellen Brewster is a wife, mother, and happy revert to the Catholic faith. She helps lead the local Ignatian Exercises and is a member of the Dominican laity. Suellen writes from her home outside of Buffalo, New York, where the long winters invite souls into quiet prayer and reflection.

 

cropped-Suellen-Brewster_Headshot-1-1-1Each year on February 18th we celebrate the feast day of Blessed John of Fiesole, better known as Fra Angelico, Dominican Friar and Renaissance artist. This year February 18th was Ash Wednesday. Believing that there are no coincidences with God, I noted this timing and took it to prayer. Through the gift of the Communion of Saints, what might Our Lord be offering us this Lent through the life and holiness of Fra Angelico?

“A Holy Life and Creative Virtue Harmonize with Each Other”

The Office of Readings in the Propers for the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) has the above quote as a heading for an apostolic letter written by Pope St. John Paul II on the occasion of Blessed John’s beatification in 1982. …

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