Not by Bread Alone Daily Reflections for Lent 2025

Prayerfully journey through Lent with inspiring and meaningful reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just a few minutes each day, the insightful meditations of Not by Bread Alone can deepen your experience of this solemn season of prayer and penance.

Daniel P. Horan, OFM, is the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality and professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is also affiliated professor of spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. A columnist for National Catholic Reporter, he is the author of fourteen books including Reading, Praying, Living Pope Francis’s Rejoice and Be Glad: A Faith Formation Guide. He is also a contributor to Give Us This Day.