This is a question that becomes urgent at different times of one’s life in different ways.  As a cradle Catholic, ‘saying prayers,’ if one is well instructed, consists in a rather simple exercise that charmingly varies from household to household, but generally includes praying the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, perhaps in the context of the Rosary, perhaps not.  Other ‘trimmins’ then get added to this basic structure.

During Lent, we often focus on what we are doing—our prayer, our fasting, our sacrifices. But the heart of Lent is not first what we do: the heart of Lent is about what Christ has done. And so today, I would like to invite you to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s Passion—not simply as something that happened long ago, but as something that has power now, something that is meant to transform us.

We have travelled through the whole of Lent, hearing the weekly or daily Gospels that are a tool honed to crack open the hardness of our hearts, so we can receive the new light of Paschal joy. So, in the first week we heard how Jesus was led into the desert, fasted for forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by the devil. He encountered there, as He would again on the cross, the three-fold temptations that assail humanity – to bodily pleasure, to worldly pursuits, and to pride that sets our will against that of the Father.

Sr Philomena Benedict Le Gall OP speaks of her work, experience and understanding of Justice and Peace

Sr. Tamsin Geach, OP reflects on her journey of faith, her vocation as a Dominican sister, and the family heritage that shaped her intellectual and spiritual life. In this interview, she speaks candidly about discernment, religious community, and the interplay of faith and reason across generations.