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Podcast: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Episode: Doing Lent After Two Straight Years of Lenten Vibes with Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ
Description: Well, Lent is here. Hooray.
To be honest, it feels like the last thing we need right now is 40 days of fasting and penance and just the general heaviness that comes with this season. We’ve been living in a perpetual state of Lent for two years now.
So host Mike Jordan Laskey called up his friend Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ. Fr. Paddy is a sociology professor at Loyola Chicago and a super thoughtful person. He suggested we reframe what the season is all about in the first place. His insights are so helpful and consoling if you’d rather just...