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Lent with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN

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Explore the Wilderness Within Your Heart this Lent

Happy Easter! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

In this final video, Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN, offers a heartfelt reflection. She invites us to cherish and safeguard all that we have learned and come to understand about Christ during this season of renewal. Let us not let these transformative insights fade, but instead, allow them to take root deeply in our hearts and lives.

Remember the ways Christ has worked within you—how he has expanded your heart, renewed your spirit, and drawn you closer to his love. These Easter graces are not meant to be fleeting but enduring gifts—sustaining
us on our journey of faith.

Hold fast to the love of Christ, who has restored your heart in the wilderness, bringing healing, hope, and new life. May the joy of the resurrection inspire you to carry the light of Christ wherever you go, living as a witness to his boundless mercy and everlasting love.

Alleluia! The Lord is risen! Let us rejoice and be glad!

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Finding Fulfillment: Comedian Shayne Smith's Journey to Catholicism Through Lent

February 26, 2025 | 51 min.

Comedian Shayne Smith had everything he thought would make him happy—success, wealth, and recognition—but still felt deeply unfulfilled. His search for meaning led him to a church, where he encountered Christ and Our Lady for the first time and embraced Catholicism. In this episode of Ave Explores, Shayne shares how his first Lent, spent journeying through RCIA with a group of women in Brooklyn, became a crash course in what it truly means to live the faith. Through the sacrifices and lessons of the Lenten season, he discovered that Catholicism isn’t always easy—but it’s always worth it.