The Rev. Cn. Marie Tatro, Canon for Community Justice in the Diocese of Long Island, has been featured in a recent Newsday article speaking about the spiritual benefits of Lent.
"For many Christians, Lent is a season of penitence, sacrifice and abstinence, while we also confront our own mortality. But this shouldn’t be confused with deprivation or self-flagellation. I think of it as an opportunity for a spiritual reset. It’s true that we typically frame it as giving up certain luxuries or pleasures: chocolate, alcohol, social media. But it can also be an affirmative reset: doing something, as opposed to not doing something."
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