Doing the impossible March 4, 2021By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, Light One Candle, Saints It is freeing to abandon our cares to God and focus on the necessary tasks that have been put before us.
The fish-stick dilemma March 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Lent, The Domestic Church As we focus on growing closer to Jesus, may we carve out time and opportunities to walk with him in joy. If that happens to include fish sticks for dinner, let me know what time I should be there.
Washing dishes for Lent March 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window We are blessed to have dirty dishes to wash.
Homebound, Operation CRS Rice Bowl nonetheless raises awareness of hunger March 2, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 37 parishes are participating in Catholic Relief Service’s Operation Rice Bowl this year.
This Lent, risk prayer March 1, 2021By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent Don’t underestimate yourself. God has need of the talents you have been given. Prayer shows us how to use and multiply our gifts.
Do nothing for Lent February 18, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Many years for Lent I take on too many goals and give up too many things. A few days into Lent, I invariably realize I have failed at everything I planned to give up and take on.
Lent’s promise in bleak times February 18, 2021By Elise Italiano Ureneck Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent Perhaps it’s a blessing, then, that the church gives us Lent in midwinter. It’s a season of soul-searching; the gray skies give us no other choice but to turn inward and examine the dark spaces we’d rather not explore.
For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says February 17, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God’s invitation to return to him with one’s whole heart, Pope Francis said.
Ash Wednesday: Guided by St. Clare of Assisi February 16, 2021By Shemaiah Gonzalez Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent This Lent, I call on St. Clare of Assisi to show me the way. I need a sister in Christ to lead me through Lent radically different than in Lents past — to embrace penance, conversion and self-sacrifice as Jesus refines me.
Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them, pope says February 14, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said.
Lenten hymns and songs February 12, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Lent, Local News, News Looking for some good Lent hymns and songs to use for meditation and reflection? Here are some favorites.
Pope to celebrate Ash Wednesday at Vatican, skipping ‘station churches’ February 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News Pope Francis will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 17 in St. Peter’s Basilica rather than making the traditional walk from the Church of St. Anselm to the Basilica of Santa Sabina on Rome’s Aventine Hill, the Vatican said.
