Introduction: Before the Path

She had passed the labyrinth many times before. In this introduction to Via Cordis: The Way of the Heart, the journey begins not with movement, but with attention. Before Ash Wednesday. Before the first step. Before the turning inward. This chapter opens the space where Lent begins quietly. Not with crisis. Not with urgency. But with a gentle awareness that something is being asked. Not sacrifice alone. Not discipline for its own sake. But intention. In Before the Path, the decision to walk becomes the first act of faith. New chapters of Via Cordis release daily through Easter.