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Finish Lent Strong, by Shaun McAfee – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent this year on Feb. 22. (photo: Unsplash)

By Shaun McAfee, Catholic Exchange, March 28, 2026

Shaun McAfee was raised Protestant but at 24, he experienced a profound conversion to the Catholic Church with the writings of James Cardinal Gibbons and modern apologists. He is the author of Filling Our Father’s House (Sophia Institute Press), among other books, and holds a Masters in Dogmatic Theology….

 

Shaun-McAfee_avatar_1407877170-1Every year, Lent begins with a kind of spiritual adrenaline. On Ash Wednesday we hear the solemn words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” and suddenly everything feels urgent. Churches are full. Prayer resolutions are bold. Fasting plans are ambitious. We promise God we will pray more, give more, sacrifice more. For a moment, it feels like we are finally becoming the disciples we should have been all along.

But then the weeks pass. The intensity fades. The sacrifices become routine. The prayers we meant to add to our day sometimes get shortened—or forgotten entirely. By the time the fourth or fifth week of Lent arrives, many of us quietly realize that we are no longer keeping our resolutions the way we intended. …

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