It’s so beautiful that this Lenten season we have access to the beautiful new resource The Bible and The Sacraments to help us fall even more deeply in love with the Church and her sacraments ...

The Fourth Sunday in Lent is March 30. Some years ago, in my home church in Indianapolis, Ind., I was conducting a survey for our newsletter. The single question was, “What is your definition… ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: We start Lent with the Temptation in the Desert because we start from our broken condition as sinners. John Ritto Penniman, Christ Tempted by the Devil, 1818 ...

A Lenten Scripture Reflection. John W. Martens March 01, 2010. There are numerous positives to blogging on the scripture: people actually read what you have written; ...

Our Lenten scriptures (first Sunday) begin with Jesus being offered the physical gratification that food provides and the emotional gratification of power and status.

The daily Scripture readings during Lent are a great way to reintroduce yourself to God’s Word. The word “Lent” means “spring,” a time for renewal and new birth.

Reading or listening to these Scripture readings is a perfect way to spend Lent, even if you cannot go to church. This is where our new gadgets can help us during a COVID Lent when it is often ...

February 18, 2024, the First Sunday of Lent: Lent is not the removal of dirt from our lives, as much as it is a way to approach God with a clear conscience.

Explore Lent's global significance, from its roots after the Council of Nicaea to Christian traditions of self-reflection and repentance leading into Easter.

Lent continues for forty days, not including Sundays, as we prepare our hearts for Easter joy. ... In a world that values short-term thinking, the scriptures remind us to think eternally.

(RNS) — How Alexa might help us celebrate Lent better. A Catholic nun sprinkles ash on the head of devotees wearing protective masks during Ash Wednesday rites Feb. 26, 2020, in Paranaque ...