Elizabeth Scalia on Fear as the Destroyer of Our Lenten works

"Perhaps fear, after all, is at the root of all sin. I used to think it was selfishness, but it's not. Even selfishness is rooted in fear.

"We can see this in the early wreckage of our Lenten practices: We are afraid of material poverty, and so we selfishly hold back on our almsgiving. We are afraid of hunger, and so we selfishly reach for the bread and chocolate. We are afraid of what we might find within ourselves and our interior lives, and so we selfishly cut short our prayers, or abandon them, completely, for something that we tell ourselves is 'more fun' or 'more important.'

"Obviously, we should not fear these things."

In a recent commentary, writer Elizabeth Scalia reflected on how fear can mislead us in our Lenten works in in other aspects of our lives and encourages us to "place all of the fears . . . into the vast depths of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,"

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The Pilot: Echoes: Elizabeth Scalia: Fear: The destroyer of our Lenten works (11 MAR 26)