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Your Father Who Sees in Secret Will Repay You
On Ash Wednesday, the Church begins the season of Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter. Lent invites Christians to reflect on Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection, recognizing that sin led to His crucifixion and that His sacrifice redeems humanity. The Gospel reading from the Gospel of Matthew emphasizes that acts of righteousness—almsgiving, prayer, and fasting—must not be done for public recognition but for God alone.
The root of sin is pride and vanity, a desire to replace God as the center of life—echoing the temptation of Adam and Eve to “be like gods.” Lent calls…
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