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.