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Simone Brosig

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Power of the Holy Cross

September 14 is the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. This feast is so important that it replaces Sunday when it falls on the Lord’s Day. For those of us baptised in the Catholic faith, our first ritual step into Christianity was the wordless reception of the symbol of the cross when the celebrant claimed us for Christ by tracing the sign on our forehead.

Opinion Opinion

Ten works of penance

If Lent has become routine or hollow for you, consider these ten forms of penance from the tradition and what they might look like for you today.

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