I hope your Lenten journey is off to a good start. If you haven’t started, it’s not too late. Start today to remove something from your life, a pleasant activity, food, or drink. This is called a “fast”. If you have never done this before you will discover that you will be frequently reminded by the absence of the pleasure. But this absence will also remind you of why you are fasting in the first place, to draw your life closer to the Lord. This reminder is intended to cause us to do something for the Lord, an act of kindness for someone, read a devotion, pray, or meditate of spiritual subjects. All of this strengthens us, enabling us to draw closer to the Lord and to sharpen our spiritual awareness of evil. If we follow through, we will discover a deeper appreciation of Easter, the great mystery of our salvation. Yours in Christ, Fr. Sid.