Viewpoints | Lent offers unity with Christ through penance
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Fr. Michael Wiener
At the beginning of holy season of Lent, Holy Mother Church reminds us of our mortality: "Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return."
Death is the consequence of sin. "Even though man's nature is mortal, God had destined him not to die. Death was therefore contrary to the plans of God the Creator and entered the world as a consequence of sin" (CCC 1008).
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