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Ash Wednesday

The First Day of Lent: In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the season of preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. (In Eastern Rite Catholic...

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Ash Wednesday: February 17

“Sackcloth and ashes” is a familiar phrase, arising from a medieval custom of humbling oneself in public before God or the Church community to beg forgiveness. But dust or ashes go even further back as...

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March 14, 2010: Fourth Sunday of Lent

Joshua 5:9a,10-12; Psalm 34; 2 Corinthians 5:1721; Luke 15:1-3,11-32 The story of the prodigal son is a familiar one, and is often held up as an encouragement to repentance, to return to God, accept...

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March 21, 2010: Fifth Sunday of Lent

Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 So, what do you think: Was Tiger Woods’ apology sincere or not? And, really, what difference does it make what you, or I, or most of the...

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Triduum — Three Days

Our Lenten observance continues until the beginning of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday evening. Three of our four Gospels tell the story of Jesus instituting the Eucharist by taking bread and...

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Good Friday

We end Thursday in silence, and we begin Friday’s service in silence. The stark simplicity of the altar is echoed by the simplicity of the liturgy, with the reading of the Passion from John’s Gospel,...

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Ash Wednesday is today

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshippers’ heads or...

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Lent – 2012

Lent: from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Our observance of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, a day of fast and abstinence for Catholics. At Mass on Ash Wednesday, the imposition of ashes...

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Lenten Prayer

The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Today we visit: Prayer Prayer is one of the three pillars of Lenten practice.  Through prayer, we raise our hearts...

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Lenten Fasting and Abstinence

The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. “Denying material food, which nourishes our body, nurtures an interior disposition to listen to Christ and be fed...

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Ash Wednesday Relflection: By Sister Carol Crater, SHF

Reflection Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Last Sunday our readings gave us a good lead-in to the season of Lent: in the first reading, Isaiah was in the temple when he had a vision of God in all his...

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Lenten Almsgiving

The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving.  “Reach out in charity. As we experience weakness and suffering during Lent, we should be renewed in our...

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Light Is On For You

When you meet up with someone about whom you care deeply, be it your spouse, a family member, or a good friend, what do you typically do when you spend time together? It can be any number of things:...

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Gift of Reconciliation

Video from the USCCB on SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION Rediscovering the Sacrament of Penance PASTORAL EXHORTATION ON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION God’s Gift of Forgiveness: A...

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Homily for Second Sunday in Lent, by Sister Mary Lange, SHF

We make grand resolutions during Lent; we’re going to give up ice cream, chocolate, coffee, or the snooze button. When we were children we were told that we would give up candy for Lent and we did....

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Burning Bushes and Fig Trees — 3rd Sunday Lent 3/3/13

By Sister Marietta Fahey, SHF So what is this about burning bushes and fig trees in the middle of this Lenten journey? What do they have to do with change of heart and faithfulness to the Gospel as we...

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Palm Sunday Reflection-March 24, 2013. Sr. Gladys Guenther, SHF

On the first Sunday of Lent, we read in St. Paul’s letter to the Romans: “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart — that is, the word of faith that we preach…” That phrase has dwelt with...

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What poverty is ‘the greatest treasure of all’?

Sisters of the Holy Family:From 2/4/2014 Catholic News Service Blog. Included are links to the original CNS story and the 2014 Lenten message from Pope Francis. Originally posted on CNS Blog: VATICAN...

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Ash Wednesday: Lent in Two Minutes, from Busted Halo

Filed under: Faith, Lent Tagged: Ash Wednesday, Catholic, Faith, Lent, Religion and Spirituality, video

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Make Immigration Reform Your Lenten Promise

Lent  is a time to repent, reflect, sacrifice, and listen for God. This year, have your congregation join with many others in taking on a Lenten Carbon “Fast.” Each day calls on us to take a different...

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Questions And Answers About Lent And Lenten Practices

Published at the USCCB Website: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm  Q. Why do we say that there are forty days of Lent?  When you...

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Lent

From the USCCB.com  Our observance of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year, and is a a day of fast and abstinence for Catholics.  At Mass on Ash Wednesday, the imposition of...

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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent [245] Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 John 5:1-16 Jesus heals a man who has been ill for thirty-eight years. What would you do if, after thirty-eight years...

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Lent through the Lens of Grace

Source: http://www.loyolapress.com/looking-at-lent-through-the-lens-of-grace.htm Just imagine that this Lent is going to be different from every other Lent we’ve experienced. Imagine that there will be...

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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent [246] Isaiah 49:8-15 Psalm 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 John 5:17-30 In spite of God’s promises to remember, God’s people lament, “The Lord has forsaken me.” When things...

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Lent – 40 Days or More?

You have always learned that Lent commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent praying in the desert before his public ministry. If, however, you actually count the days from Ash Wednesday to Easter...

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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent

[247] Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 John 5:31-47 These works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.” In your everyday experience, how do you judge whether a person...

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Journey to the Foot of the Cross: Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things to Remember...

Bishop David L. Ricken Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers “10 Things...

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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent

[248] Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 “The wicked said among themselves, ‘Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us.’” Prophets get stoned,...

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Stations of the Cross

The 14 Stations of the Cross represent events from Jesus’ passion and death. At each station we use our senses and our imagination to reflect prayerfully upon Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection....

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Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent

[249] Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 John 7:40-53 The religious authorities refuse to believe Jesus because he is from Galilee. Prejudice and ignorance are powerful forces; even the...

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Pray, Give, Sacrafice

Catholic Lenten Practices Giving up something for Lent, eating fish on Fridays and fasting from meat, almsgiving and penance throughout the forty days of Lent—these are some of the practices for which...

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Fifth Sunday of Lent

[34] Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 When Lazarus came forth from the tomb, Jesus said to his friends and family, “Untie him and...

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Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

St. John the Baptist De La Salle [251] Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or John 8:12-20 Two women are condemned to death, one innocent...

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

[252] Number 21:4-9 Psalm 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 John 8:21-30 The image of Jesus lifted up on a cross is more powerful than the image of a serpent on a pole. How does the image of Jesus on the cross...

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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

[253] Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 John 8:31-42 “Who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?” asked the king. Who, indeed? How does God deliver us out of evil hands,...

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The Woman at the Well

Jesus had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey,...

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

[254] Genesis 17:3-9 Psalm 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 John 8:51-59 The people ask Jesus, “Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus’ response to their question inspires them to attempt to stone him. What is...

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Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

[255] Jeremiah 20:10-13 Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 John 10:31-42 “If I perform [my Father’s works], even if you do not believe me, believe the works.” Were you first attracted to discipleship by...

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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent

[256] Ezekiel 37:21-28 Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 John 11:45-56 “It is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” Caiaphas prophesied...

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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Blessing of the palms: MT 21:1-11 IS 50:4-7 PS 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 MT 26:14-27:66 “This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” “Truly this was the Son of God.” It was not until after...

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Monday of Holy Week

IS 42:1-7 PS 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 JN 12:1-11 Simply because he was raised from the dead, Lazarus becomes targeted for destruction by the wicked. Lazarus is “evidence” of the truth of Jesus’ claims. Does...

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Celebrate Holy Week

by Sr. Carol J. Crater, SHF Palm Sunday’s procession into the church with palms and cries of “Hosanna” began our celebration of Holy Week, our ritual commemoration of the last week of Jesus’ life...

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Tuesday of Holy Week

IS 49:1-6 PS 71:1-2, 3-4A, 5AB-6AB, 15 AND 17 JN 13:21-33, 36-38 “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Actually, two of the disciples betrayed Jesus, but one despaired and the other...

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Wednesday of Holy Week

IS 50:4-9A PS 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 AND 33-34 MT 26:14-25 “The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.” Are there lectors in...

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Holy Thursday

Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14, Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. John 13:1-15 All three readings today speak of the passing on of the Tradition — the founding stories of our faith. To whom have...

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Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)

ISAIAH 52:13—53:12 PSALMS 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 HEBREWS 4:14-16; 5:7-9 JOHN 18:1—19:42 “Through his suffering, my servant shall justify many.” Spend some quiet time before a crucifix. What do...

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Good Friday Reflection to end the use of the Death Penalty

On this Good Friday, a day when we recall our Savior’s own execution, we appeal to all people of good-will, and especially Catholics, to work to end the death penalty. – Pope John Paul II, 1999 The...

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Holy Saturday

GN 1:1-2:2 PS 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 AND 22 ROM 6:3-11 MT 28:1-10 “I sing of merciful love and justice; I raise a psalm to you, O Lord.”(Psalm 101:1) Spend the day in quiet prayer if possible. What are...

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Easter Sunday

ACTS 10:34A, 37-43 PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 COL 3:1-4 JN 20:1-9 “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.” Both disciples entered the...

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