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Shemaiah Gonzalez

Shemaiah Gonzalez is a freelance contributor to Catholic News Service.

Ash Wednesday: Guided by St. Clare of Assisi

February 16, 2021
By Shemaiah Gonzalez
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent

This Lent, I call on St. Clare of Assisi to show me the way. I need a sister in Christ to lead me through Lent radically different than in Lents past — to embrace penance, conversion and self-sacrifice as Jesus refines me.

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