A new heart this Lent March 12, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent Every one of us needs the grace of new life in Christ, and the entirely new heart that goes with it.
What is a jubilee? March 10, 2025By Father James Goodwin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 The roots of a jubilee year are found in Scripture. As described in Leviticus 25, every 50th year was to be celebrated as a jubilee year in which all debt was forgiven, slaves were freed and their ancestral lands could be reclaimed.
Lenten media fast: Spiritual discipline for a digital age March 10, 2025By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, social media Joining others in a media fast can create a community that holds us accountable to the fast.
Button up this Lent March 10, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The other day, I realized I was running ahead of schedule on my way to school pick-up, so I stopped for gas. I slid the pump into the side of the car and then took a quick walk around the car. Dozens of years ago, my father told me that was a good idea, so […]
Let us begin a garden March 9, 2025By Margaret Rose Realy OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Environment To begin a garden is to be a co-creator with God, and to join in the joy he intended for us through his creation.
Mary: The perfect Lenten companion March 7, 2025By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent In celebrating Lent and in every season of the liturgical year, it is good to recall the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, that the “Church honors with special love the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, who is joined by an inseparable bond to the saving work of her Son.”
Celebrating the four women doctors of the church March 7, 2025By Colleen Pressprich Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The doctors of the church are the saints that many of us need to understand the faith better, and more than that, to grow in our relationship with the Lord.
Fasting through Mom’s Lenten meals March 7, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent In retrospect, all these meals were as awful as they sound, but — whether intentionally or not — they delivered a message that our fasting and our abstinences were meant to be taken seriously and not subverted through technicalities.
The Way of the Cross: Not only for Lent March 6, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent Frequently and piously walking with him, contemplating his suffering and sharing our crosses, especially when we feel abandoned or in despair, gives us courage and hope.
Question Corner: What are the different kinds of sin? March 6, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Not all sins are equally terrible, and the dynamic of how we come to fall into sin can vary depending on the circumstances.
What’s for dinner? March 6, 2025By Rita Buettner Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Domestic Church May Lent offer you the opportunity to experience Jesus’ love in a new way. And, as you walk your Lenten journey, know that this season can offer a time to grow closer to God without lentils – unless you personally happen to see them as a sign of Jesus’ love for you.
Lent and the purification of memory March 5, 2025By George Weigel Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Catholic Difference The annual 40-day pilgrimage through the desert of Lent, patterned on the Lord’s forty days in the Judaean wilderness in preparation for his public ministry, is the preeminent moment in the Church’s year of grace for the purification of memory — especially our memories of the successes and failures of living missionary discipleship since Pentecost 2024 closed last year’s season of paschal celebration.
