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March 1, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #14 - Justice

We close our second week of Lent, completing our time with justice, and Aquinas brings us to the place where justice meets mercy. This is not a digression but the culmination of everything we have explored this week:...

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February 28, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #13 - Justice

Thirteen days of Lent have passed, and our exploration of justice takes a monastic turn. We have heard justice proclaimed by theologians, prophets, and popes; now Benedict shows us justice as a daily practice, built...

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February 27, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #12 - Justice

Twelve days into our Lenten journey, we encounter justice in its most concrete social form. From Aquinas's definition to Augustine's critique to the prophets' cry, and through Lewis's transcendent vision, we have been...

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February 26, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #11 - Justice

Eleven days into Lent, Lewis lifts our gaze. We have been exploring justice in its philosophical, prophetic, and political dimensions, but today we encounter its spiritual ground: the immeasurable worth of every human...

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February 25, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #10 - Justice

Ten days into Lent, the prophets' voices ring out with an uncomfortable directness. Our journey through the virtues has moved from the interior clarity of prudence to the outward demands of justice, and today the Bible...

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February 24, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #9 - Justice

On the ninth day of Lent, we continue with justice and hear Augustine's devastating critique of justice without God. Our journey through the virtues is no abstract exercise, it cuts to the heart of how we live together....

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February 23, 2026 · Justice

Lent 2026 - Reading #8 - Justice

We enter the second week of Lent and turn from prudence to justice, from the virtue of clear sight to the virtue of right action toward others. If prudence was the foundation, justice is the first wall we raise upon it....

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