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Lent

Pope to celebrate Ash Wednesday at Vatican, skipping ‘station churches’

February 11, 2021
By 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.

Change coming to prayer at Mass

February 11, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Observant Mass-goers will detect a change in one of the prayers used at Mass beginning Ash Wednesday when priests will begin omitting the word “one” in the concluding doxology of the collect prayers that currently are translated as “…in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.”

‘The Social Dilemma’

January 27, 2021
By Effie Caldarola
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Lent

Perhaps a good question to ask as we look forward to Lent: How much time do I spend daily in prayer versus how much time on social media?

Ash Wednesday, other Lenten Masses will see changes in Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 14, 2021
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Upcoming liturgies in the winter and spring in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will continue to be affected by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, including traditional celebrations of the feast of St. Blaise, Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.

For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to ‘sprinkle’ ashes on heads

January 13, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News

The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than using them to make a cross on people’s foreheads.

As we await the Resurrection

April 10, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window

Somehow in this time of anxiety and indefinite quarantine, when so much seems uncertain, we seem to be primed for those moments of happy discovery—those moments when we see how much we are loved by God and by others.

The bird at the feeder

April 7, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window

We’ve waited. We’ve watched. And the bird feeder has hung there, full of seeds no one was eating.

Not the Holy Week we expected

April 5, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window

Let’s find small and simple ways to walk with Jesus this Holy Week.

Stations of the Cross: Jesus’ passion takes on particular resonance in time of crisis

April 3, 2020
By Mary K. Tilghman
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is home to many beautiful Stations of the Cross that tell the story of Christ’s Passion in compelling ways.

Pastors plan different ways to celebrate Holy Week in time of coronavirus

March 31, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Pastors around the Archdiocese of Baltimore are adapting to celebrating Mass without the presence of the faithful, but several admit that Holy Week this year will be very different as they adjust to continued restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

An Annunciation Reflection: What God may be asking of us

March 24, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window

Often it doesn’t matter what you decide to do for Lent. Sometimes your Lenten journey finds you. So, here we are.

A lesson in God’s love

March 23, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window

Our younger son hurried into the room holding a water glass full of forsythia he had cut from the bushes in our yard.

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