We Are an Easter People
By Fr. Edward Owens, OSST, PhD People tend to associate Lent with sacrifice and self-denial. Practices such as fasting, the Stations of the Cross, and Lenten reconciliation services come to mind. Amid a myriad of practices, Lent ultimately points to the solemnity of Easter and its season. In Christ, we are as St. Augustine proclaimed: “An Easter people and alleluia is our song.” Lent invites us to embrace the past, present, and future in our…