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Know Thyself: A Lenten Education, by David Paul Deavel – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Know Thyself: A Lenten Education, by David Paul Deavel

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By David Paul Deavel, Catholic World Report, March 4, 2025

David Paul Deavel is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, and Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative. The paperback edition of Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West, edited with Jessica Hooten Wilson, is now available in paperback.

Figuring out what we want to know about ourselves is a pretty good way to figure out what we should be doing during Lent.

“What are you doing for Lent?”

It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing ourselves during the “pre-Lent” period found in many Catholic rites, we may well be asking ourselves this right now as Ash Wednesday looms. Is it the right question, though? …

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Know Thyself: A Lenten Education, by David Paul Deavel

President Trump Defunds UNFPA, Which Promotes Abortion and Population Control, by Steven Ertelt

Don’t Give Trump a Pass on IVF, by Phil Lawler

By David Paul Deavel, Catholic World Report, March 4, 2025

Figuring out what we want to know about ourselves is a pretty good way to figure out what we should be doing during Lent.

“What are you doing for Lent?”

It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing ourselves during the “pre-Lent” period found in many Catholic rites, we may well be asking ourselves this right now as Ash Wednesday looms. Is it the right question, though? …

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