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The Art of Living in Season
Lent
The art of self-pruning
It so happens that Lent, traditionally seen as a season to “give up something,” often coincides with pruning season, the time to cut off what hinders a shrub from proper growth and fruition.
The santon with pruning-shears reminds us of this important lesson:
Self-pruning invites the everyday saint to assess the need to cut off what gets in the way of proper spiritual growth in her lifelong pilgrimage towards conformity to Christ.
This is the art of self-pruning.
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