Have you ever tried doing three things at once (streaming a show, writing an email and checking social media) only to find that you miss what is most important in the moment? What does it take to really hear what others are saying and to hear what God is saying to you?

You may know all the Catholic things about Lent: the ashes, the abstaining from meat, the giving up something, no “alleluias,” the fasting and giving alms. What you may not know is that none of this matters unless we know three unexpected things.