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During the penitential season of Lent, the faithful are encouraged to practice additional prayer, fasting and almsgiving. A penance is a pious devotion that helps us to repent – that is, to reorient ourselves toward God.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? Who will go for Me?’ ‘Here I am, send me.’” In this verse from Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah has a vision of God and heaven, and though he knows himself to be a sinner, God’s mercy cleanses him of sin. Then Isaiah responds to God’s call: “Here I am, send me.”