Embracing Penitential Prayer: Kneeling opens our hearts to the very life and love of God.

The article focuses on the power of kneeling as a form of penitential prayer during Lent, particularly for priests in public postures of prayer. Topics include the witness of embodied prayer during Lent, the importance of heart-wrenching lament and grief in public prayer services, and the role of kneeling in surrender and honesty; and emphasizes the posture of service, love in foot washing and kissing the cross, and the need for clergy to surrender to God's mercy for the Church to heal.