A Lenten Journey into the Heart of the Passion

What if Lent asks more than we expect – and gives more in return?

Today’s Reflection

The Quiet Power of Easter Morning

A reflective Easter message from Fr. David Colhour, CP, on the quiet power of the Resurrection, inviting us to recognize Christ’s light gently transforming our lives.

Lent truly begins where certainty ends.

Can Lent still surprise you? Can it gently interrupt your routine or invite you into something unexpected?

If Lent fits too neatly into your schedule, what might be getting lost along the way?

If we choose familiar practices but avoid the deeper challenge they offer, are we allowing Lent to do its real work?

Lent was never meant to be predictable; neither is the transformation it invites.

“The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depths.”

St. Paul of the Cross

Saturdays during Lent

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Journeying Together in Prayer and Reflection

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Fr. David Colhour, CP, Provincial Superior
Fr. Jim Strommer, CP

During this live event, we’ll reflect on the past week of our Lenten journey and make space for honest conversation, spiritual encouragement and the grace that comes from walking with others.

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Lent is not meant to be traveled alone.

Set aside time and join us for shared faith and reflection, where we come together as one Passionist family to pause, listen and be renewed by God’s presence.

This live gathering is an important part of the journey, inviting us to experience the strength, compassion and hope of the Passionist spirit together.

Come once or come often, you are always welcome.

WEEK 1

Prayer

The Gospels reveal that prayer is not an escape from the world but a deeper entry into truth. Recall Jesus withdrawing to lonely places to pray.
Prayer unsettles our assumptions and widens our listening so that God may speak beyond what is familiar or convenient. In prayer we learn to consent, not control, and to remain present even when clarity is slow to arrive.

WEEK 2

Fasting

Fasting loosens the grip of habits that quietly claim our allegiance. When Jesus fasted in the desert, he revealed that human life is sustained by more than bread alone. By embracing a chosen hunger, we become more honest about the deeper hungers that shape our lives. What we release creates space for gratitude, restraint, and renewed desire for God.

WEEK 3

Almsgiving

Almsgiving turns conversion outward and gives it a human face. The Gospel’s insistence on caring for the least, the last, and the lost, reminding us that what we possess is entrusted, not owned. Through generosity, mercy becomes concrete and compassion takes on weight and cost.

WEEK 4

Service & Community

Lent draws us from private devotion into shared responsibility. When Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, he redefined greatness as humble service and mutual care. In community we learn that faith is sustained not by perfection but by fidelity to one another.

WEEK 5

Discipleship

Discipleship in Lent is a renewed willingness to follow even when the path narrows. Taking up our cross, as disciples are asked, means aligning our choices with the life and teaching of Jesus rather than with comfort or approval. To walk as a disciple is to trust that loss can become a doorway to life.

WEEK 6

Suffering Love

Suffering love places us at the heart of the Paschal Mystery and refuses easy answers. From the cross, Jesus reveals a love that remains present when power fails and outcomes are uncertain. In embracing this love, Lent teaches us that resurrection is born not from avoiding the cross but from faithful endurance within it.

What is Lent really about?

Lent was never meant to be a private season of self-improvement or a set of predictable habits. From the beginning, the Church has lived Lent as a communal journey of conversion, preparing together for Easter through prayer, fasting and works of mercy, and accompanying catechumens toward baptism while calling the baptized back to the heart of the Gospel.

At its core, Lent is about transformation in Christ’s dying and rising. Our practices are not goals in themselves, but signs of a deeper turning that moves us beyond self-focus toward communion, justice and compassion.

Through the Passionist charism, Lent becomes a shared school of the Cross. To remember the Passion of Jesus is to stand with him in the suffering of the world and allow his suffering love to change us together into a people of hope and faithful compassion.

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A Lenten Prayer

Fr. Phil Paxton, CP

Loving God,
In a time of turmoil and distress,
hatred and division, anguish and fear,
we come to you at the foot of the Cross.

During this season of Lent:
May our prayer draw us closer to you.
May our fasting remind us to trust in you always.
May our almsgiving lead us to serve you
in giving of ourselves to others.

Lord Jesus, by your cross:
Teach us to forgive.
Teach us to show mercy and compassion.
Teach us to love through sacrifice.

Holy Spirit, come and fill us with wisdom and hope.
We thank you, Jesus, for your cross,
and look forward to celebrating your resurrection.

Amen