A Lenten Playlist

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Lent isn’t primarily intellectual.

It isn’t self-improvement month.

It isn’t a productivity cleanse.

Lent is descent.

In this episode of Mixtape Mysticism, I read six modern songs through the desert, the Cross, and the mercy seat, not as a playlist, but as spiritual exegesis.

Leonard Cohen.

My Chemical Romance.

Radiohead.

The Smashing Pumpkins.

Nick Cave.

Burial.

Shaking.

Dread.

Shame.

Judgment.

Entrustment.

What does Lent actually feel like?

What does the wilderness sound like?

What happens when modern anguish is read through the crucifix?

This isn’t about combining culture and Catholicism.

It’s about listening closely enough to hear where the ache points.

Songs discussed:

• “Avalanche” — Leonard Cohen

• “The Foundations of Decay” — My Chemical Romance

• “How to Disappear Completely” — Radiohead

• “To Forgive” — The Smashing Pumpkins

• “The Mercy Seat” — Nick Cave

• “Into My Arms” — Nick Cave

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