Maybe it’s my turn to think of someone each day to turn to and say, “Just checking in. How are you doing?”
Elmo and the challenge of Lent
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
Lent
From ‘Becket’ to ‘Big George Foreman’: 6 Lent-worthy movies with conversion tales
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Filed Under: Lent, Movie & Television Reviews
Five classic movies and one contemporary production that showcase people’s ability to change their lives for the better.
This Lent, say sorry — and mean it
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
As we express our sorrow to God this Lent for the ways that our lives do not reflect his plan for us, it can be important to make sure our “I’m sorrys” have all the components of sincere remorse.
Five great Lenten reads
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Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Lent
The season of Lent is an ideal time to grow in the spiritual life. Here are five great reads to help you on your way.
Pope: During Lent, leave appearances aside and listen to God
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
In an age when even one’s most intimate thoughts and feelings can become fodder for social media, Lent is a time to cast aside appearances and to find God at work in the depths of the heart, Pope Francis said.
Stations of the Cross help us make sense of suffering
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
Christ’s cross makes sense of our own, hence the universal appeal of popular devotions like the Stations of the Cross.
A time to come home
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Domestic Church
Whatever this Lenten season brings for us, may we trust that God is longing to be closer to each of us, surrounding us with his love, and inviting us into the comfort and joy of a deeper relationship with him.
Rice Bowl provides ‘life-changing hope’ and a ‘way to draw closer to Jesus,’ says archbishop
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News
An annual Lenten collection taken up by Catholics across the U.S. provides “life-changing hope,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia, chair of the board of Catholic Relief Services.
Chiefs won, but Jesus takes first place in Ash Wednesday victory parade, says Kansas City bishop
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Sports, World News
Kansas City Chiefs fans are looking forward to a Super Bowl victory parade Feb. 14 — but for Catholics, who mark Ash Wednesday that same day, “first place always goes to the Lord Jesus and what he’s done,” said Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.
Catholic experts share tips for navigating Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Saints, World News
Catholic couples and liturgical experts are advising how to observe Ash Wednesday — the beginning of the Latin Church’s penitential season of Lent leading up to Easter — which falls on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, this year.
Ash Wednesday’s significance
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
when we go to that early Mass on Ash Wednesday morning and receive the blessed ashes on our forehead, we are repeating a somber, pious act that Catholics have been undergoing for over 1,500 years.
Fasting and abstinence: More than laws of the church
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
As the penitential season of Lent begins, we Catholics, like Christians everywhere, prepare to commemorate the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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