Tag: Lent

Welcome to The Dialog’s Lenten Journey for 2021, “Forty Days, Forty Deeds.” Throughout the season, we will be offering suggestions for acts of prayer, kindness...

VATICAN CITY — Ash Wednesday and Lent are a time to recall that new life emerges from the ashes and that spring blossoms from...

Last year's Lent felt as if it never ended. There was not the usual release and elation of Easter as I watched from my...

I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes...

VATICAN CITY  -- As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word...

WASHINGTON -- Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic's response to Lent is giving up, as in "What are you giving up for Lent?" If you...

Sunday Scripture readings, April 26, 2020 Third Sunday of Easter 1) Acts 2:14, 22-33 Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 2) 1 Pt 1:17-21 Gospel: Lk 24:13-35 After Lent, an...

No woman in history's life story may be more misunderstood than that of Mary Magdalene. She was blessed with extraordinary gift of being the first...

During the pandemic, American Bishops have called for the faithful to pray the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at noon on Good...

As Catholics, we think of most martyrs killed for their faith as part of the early history of the Church. As Americans with religious...