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Posts tagged with "Lent"

Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says Pope Francis

Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says

Wednesday, April 5, 2023042 During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to clean out their closets and give away things other people could use. "You can't imagine how much stuff there was," the pope said.
Bishop offers dispensation for St. Patrick’s Day Diocese

Bishop offers dispensation for St. Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 14, 202304246 With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Lenten Friday this year, Bishop Edward J. Burns has issued a dispensation from abstinence on March 17, allowing the faithful to enjoy the American Irish tradition of eating corned beef (or ham) and cabbage in good conscience.
Pope: Synodal and Lenten journeys require effort, sacrifice, focusing on God Pope Francis

Pope: Synodal and Lenten journeys require effort, sacrifice, focusing on God

Sunday, February 19, 2023048 Tradition is a source of inspiration for seeking out new paths to take with Jesus and for avoiding the traps of stagnation or impromptu experimentation, Pope Francis said.
Father Bayer: Wilderness and the Dynamics of Conversion Columnists

Father Bayer: Wilderness and the Dynamics of Conversion

Monday, March 28, 2022034 This Lent I’m studying the “wilderness” or “desert” in Scripture, and especially in the journey of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land. The dangerous wild is a powerful image for the spiritual life, and it plays a large part in the lives of figures like Jacob, Moses, David, Elijah, John the Baptist and Jesus. What about in...
Father Dankasa: 'I don't believe in Lent...' Columnists

Father Dankasa: 'I don't believe in Lent...'

Friday, March 11, 20220293 I want you to know how much I believe in and love Lent, and I want you to know how much I wish that no one would say “I don’t believe in Lent.”
Far from Kyiv, U.S. church keeps Ukraine close in prayer as Lent begins Nation

Far from Kyiv, U.S. church keeps Ukraine close in prayer as Lent begins

Wednesday, March 2, 2022055 As palm fronds burned in a crackling fire at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, Atonement Father Jim Gardiner called attention to a more sinister fire burning in another part of the world.
Father Mower: This Lent commit to reclaiming lost time for Jesus Columnists

Father Mower: This Lent commit to reclaiming lost time for Jesus

Monday, February 8, 2021069 Last year, on Ash Wednesday, we had no idea that Lent would last for a year…at least that is how it seems to me. And given the choice, I would not have given up the things I have been asked to do without in the past year. I love to travel, and to eat a nice meal with friends at a restaurant, and to attend sporting events (Go...
Pope encourages Catholics to contemplate 'seven sorrows' of Mary Pope Francis

Pope encourages Catholics to contemplate 'seven sorrows' of Mary

Friday, April 3, 20200136 On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on "the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady."
Father Bayer: Fasting in the Rule of St. Benedict during Lent Columnists

Father Bayer: Fasting in the Rule of St. Benedict during Lent

Saturday, March 21, 202001037 We’re a few weeks into Lent, and since we’ve had some time now to try our Lenten disciplines of praying, fasting and almsgiving, let’s take a moment to reevaluate them in light of some ancient wisdom. Here are three tips about fasting from the Rule of St. Benedict.
Lent in the time of coronavirus: More prayer and unexpected penance Nation

Lent in the time of coronavirus: More prayer and unexpected penance

Thursday, March 19, 20200182 This Lent is one for the record books. Parish fish fries, prayer services, Stations of the Cross, and daily and Sunday Masses are all canceled, and some dioceses have already announced they will not have services during Holy Week or Easter on April 12.
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