Make Room for Christ Through Penance

Preached on March 21, 2025 at Kintore college in Toronto. What is the nature of penance and mortification during lent?This is the most important of penance:To prepare the way so that Christ might actually live in us.Augustine would say: A vessel must be empty if it is to be filled, and if we are to be filled with the life of God we must be utterly empty of self.Music: Original track by Michael Lee of Toronto.Thumbnail: Duccio, The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain, 1308-11, Frick Collection, New York.

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Meditations by Fr. Eric Nicolai, a Catholic priest of Opus Dei in Ernescliff College, Toronto. They are times of prayer addressed to men or women, with the intention of providing a personal dialogue with the Lord Jesus Christ present in their midst. They are usually preached in oratories of Opus Dei.