Son Rise Morning Show 02/07/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Solitude in Lent
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses St. Vincent Pallotti’s prioritization of solitude as a means of communicating with God and meditating on the mysteries of salvation.
Solitude
“For forty days and forty nights, Jesus prayed and fasted. He nevertheless condescended to teach us the practice of solitude, in order to speak to God alone.” ~ St. Vincent Pallotti
Lent is quickly approaching and is a special time to fast, increase prayer, and increase our almsgiving. Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.
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