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This Lent, I’ve been spending a little time each day with Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Things just sort of came together:

First, a medical board completed their review of an alleged miracle, calling it “unexplainable”, and forwarded to theologians and the Pope for a final decision. If approved, the miracle would advance Archbishop Sheen’s cause, moving one of America’s best-known and loved teachers and preachers along the road toward canonization.

Then, I was fingering books in my bookshelf and came across a book I’d owned but not yet read: Through the Year with Fulton Sheen by Henry Dieterich. In it, I found practical helps and brief reflections for each day of the year. It’s not just a Lenten book–but since I’ve just picked it up, that’s been the focus of my reading thusfar.

Just to give you an idea, here is Sheen’s meditation for today, March 19: