Each day of Lent (minus Sundays) we'll bring you words of wisdom from spiritual guides. 20. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky: Choose to love Christ said, "Go and give all you have to the poor and become the servant of all," for if you do that, you'll become a thousand times richer because your happiness won't be made just of good food, rich clothes, satisfied vanity, and appeased envy.

If there is one thing European bishops should have learned from U.S. sex abuse crisis, it's don't blame the messenger.

Each day of Lent (minus Sundays) we'll bring you words of wisdom from spiritual guides. 19. Edwina Gateley: Contemplative prayer When I was a small girl, I was fascinated by all things religious and holy. God, obviously, fitted squarely into that category.

When I first heard about the Confessional phone line on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me's "Bluff the Listener" game, I thought that it had to be true. "Bluff the Listener" is a segment on the NPR news quiz where each panel tells a ridiculous story, only one of which is true.

Each day of Lent (minus Sundays) we'll bring you words of wisdom from spiritual guides. 18. Mohandas Gandhi: Fasting and the voice of God Fasting for the sake of unfoldment of the spirit is a discipline I hold to be absolutely necessary at some stage or other in the evolution of an individual.

The story of the 5-year-old girl who will not be admitted to kindergarten at her Catholic elementary school because her parents are a lesbian couple is burning up the web, notably on the blog of the pastor, where the comments certainly lean against the decision.

Each day of Lent (minus Sundays) we'll bring you words of wisdom from spiritual guides. 17. Thomas à Kempis: Silence and solitude Set aside an opportune time for deep personal reflection, and think often about God's many benefits to you. Give up all light and frivolous matters, and read what inspires you to repentance of soul and not just what entertains the mind.

The Chicago Tribune reports that there was a meeting in the White House last Monday on pushing ahead on immigration reform. No doubt President Barack Obama is feeling the pressure from restless Hispanics, unhappy that his health care reform has pushed back work on immigration reform. On Sunday, March 21, they’ll be rallying in front of the Capitol to get it moving again.

Each day of Lent (minus Sundays) we'll bring you words of wisdom from spiritual guides. 16. Jessica Powers: Repairer of fences I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking what darkness would be mine if I could see the ruin I wrought in every place I wandered and if I could not be aware of One who follows after me. Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?