Message From the Margins

Message From the Margins

Christian Shadow Work

Meeting Your Logismoi

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Father Rich Vitale
Mar 02, 2026
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Dear Friends,
Lent is not a mood.
It is not seasonal aesthetics.
It is not giving up chocolate and calling it holiness.
Lent is training.
If you are here, you are likely serious about becoming spiritually steady in a chaotic age, so this may be the most important work you do all year.
Below this paywall, we are not offering commentary.
We are beginning formation.
You will be introduced to the ancient Christian practice of identifying your logismoi, the recurring thought-patterns that quietly disturb your center and shape your reactions. We will draw from the Desert Fathers, from Scripture, and from centuries of contemplative wisdom to help you name what is moving beneath the surface of your life.
You will discover:
• The eight interior patterns that destabilize the soul
• How they show up in modern life, from politics to consumption to relationships
• The questions that reveal where your center has shifted
• A structured journaling exercise to begin retraining your interior life
This is Christian shadow work.
Not self-obsession.
Not shame.
Illumination.
Lent gives us forty days.
Forty days to allow our spirituality to form us, instead of letting the chaos of life form us by default.
The habits you build here will not expire at Easter.
They will shape how you respond to conflict.
How you consume news.
How you handle anger.
How you lead.
How you love.
If you have felt unsettled lately, agitated, reactive, spiritually thin, this is not condemnation.
It is invitation.
It is not too late to begin.
Join us below.
Let Lent do what it was always meant to do.
With much love and appreciation,

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