Mar 11, 2026 | By John Kiely MC ‘26

Growing up, my family attentively observed the Catholic fasting rules of Lent. Because it was easy to incorporate these rules into our scheduled meals, which were sometimes vegetarian anyway, they never created much of a problem for us on Fridays. Just another thing to keep in mind when making the shopping list. In fact, some of my favorite dinners, like hard-boiled egg and cheese sandwiches (they’re much better than they sound) were only served during Lent in my house. Not because there’s something wrong with eating them during the rest of the year, but because that’s just the routine my family fell into. Maybe that’s why I like them.

Mar 10, 2026 | By Nathan Brown UT Austin ‘28

I eat at this sandwich shop twice a week. There's typically a short line, so the elapsed time between arriving at the shop and leaving with my sandwich is between five and ten minutes. My instinct is to fill the "dead time" by pulling out my phone and browsing the internet. I'm not alone: most people in the shop do the same.

Mar 9, 2026 | By Jack Batten BF ‘27

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to him. (Mark 1:12-13)

Mar 8, 2026 | By Tiffany Gee UT ‘26

I didn’t grow up observing Lent. To my teenage self, Lent meant seeing my Catholic friends arriving at school with ash on their foreheads. The same friends would later inform me that they were giving up social media, or sweets, or red meat. Not understanding what any of this meant at the time, I accepted this practice was for those more religious than I. Maybe it was some type of New Year’s Resolution thing I didn’t know about.

Mar 7, 2026 | By Sadie Shank GSAS ‘26

Recently, I’ve been reading Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. Lewis is famous for carefully explaining Christianity. He lays out arguments about morality, human nature, and what they might suggest about God. For someone who likes reasoning things out, it’s comforting. It makes faith feel a little sturdier.

Mar 6, 2026 | By Joseph Yu BF ‘28

In a seriously convoluted (and miraculous) series of circumstances, I joined a Christian a cappella group last fall. My debut song was one I heard every Good Friday growing up, often set to the crucifixion scene from The Passion of the Christ. Our church elders would often warn parents with young children to politely remove themselves from the sanctuary due to the graphic content (which, in my opinion, is precisely what makes Mel Gibson’s film so powerful).