Tag: Lent
Italian theologian Father Ermes Ronchi says ashes mark a beginning of...
VATICAN CITY — Ash Wednesday and Lent are a time to recall that new life emerges from the ashes and that spring blossoms from...
Ash Wednesday: Looking at Lent through the lens of St. Clare...
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...
Ash Wednesday: This year, consider a journey with the saints
I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes...
Pope Francis: Lent is ‘a time for renewing faith, hope and...
VATICAN CITY -- As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word...
After 11 months of ‘giving up,’ what is there left to...
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...
Third Sunday of Easter: After Lent, an unexpected time of preparation
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...
Our Lenten Journey, April 10: St. Mary Magdalene
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...
Our Lenten Journey, April 9: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
During the pandemic, American Bishops have called for the faithful to pray the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at noon on Good...
Our Lenten Journey, April 8: St. Lucy Yi Zhenmi
As Catholics, we think of most martyrs killed for their faith as part of the early history of the Church. As Americans with religious...
Our Lenten Journey, April 7: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born into the Jewish faith, was an atheist, a doctor of philosophy and ultimately became a Carmelite...