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Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: During Passiontide, the Church Doubles Down on Lent – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: During Passiontide, the Church Doubles Down on Lent

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By Father Jeffrey Kirby, National Catholic Register, April 7, 2025

Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD, is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace parish in Indian Land, South Carolina, and the host of the YouTube channel “Daily Discipleship With Father Kirby.”

 

COMMENTARY: In this second part of Lent, we shift our focus. We are now called to unite ourselves to the Lord Jesus and spiritually prepare for his Paschal mystery.

Father Jeffrey KirbyLaetare (“Rejoice”) Sunday was a gracious pause to our Lenten penance. After enjoying its light-heartedness, the Church now doubles down. With the flowers, music and rose vestments of Laetare Sunday behind us, we are now called by the Church into the somber “second phase” of Lent. It is time for us to enter Passiontide.

During the first part of the Lenten season, we focused on examining where we stand in our own relationship with the Lord Jesus and on acts of penance, as we try to heed the call of St. Paul: …

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