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Fifth Sunday of Lent
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
In a few moments when I return to the altar, I will proclaim the words of the Eucharist prayer, and I ask you to listen to the beginning words of that prayer right now, because they really express what God is trying to teach us through the lessons of today. The words are: "Yes, God, you are holy. You are kind to us and to all. For this we thank you. We thank you above all for your son Jesus. You…
Guided to the monastery for this reason
… always been deeply mired in numbers: nine first Fridays, 15 decades of the rosary, 40 days of Lent, seven deadly sins, 12 gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Ten Commandments, three Persons in One …
The clemency of Billy Neal Moore
… still ring with his magnanimous words -- make clemency a way of life -- and in the spirit of Lent, I pass them on to you. May we all forgive one another and receive forgiveness. May we …
A quick pulse of women religious in Africa
… aren’t so close to the gospel, aren’t so open to it. For example, in the southwest, during Lent, they do the Stations of the Cross every day, but here we only do the Stations of the Cross … and our parents, and they bring us up that way. They make sure we go to Mass every day. Lent is treated as a sacred period, in which you pray often. There’s Stations of the Cross every …
Saintly figures: Bowman, Rahner and Climacus
… Armenian, Slavonic, Rumanian, and Russian, and is read today in Orthodox monasteries during Lent. It was translated into Latin by Franciscans in the 14th century. Lest the reader of this … followed in the Catholic church, but it is celebrated in the East on the fourth Sunday of Lent as well as on March 30 by the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches. Karl Rahner This is also …
Fourth Sunday of Lent
… remotely, as a symbol that no longer speaks to us, or are we intimately united with it? During Lent, churches frequently put up large, rugged wooden crosses draped with purple cloths. The … … SIGN UP NOW … to receive an e-email alert each week of Lent directing you to Fr. Hays' reflection. Enrich your Lenten journey this year. Want to know …
Third Sunday of Lent
… understanding and perhaps a greater commitment about what it means to enter into the season of Lent. As we approach the second half of Lent, we will be more sincere in our efforts to bring about deep and profound renewal in our … mood, we must take a few moments now to remind ourselves that we are in the season of Lent. We need to continue our commitment to change our lives as Jesus proclaimed at the …
EDITORIAL: Red herring in search of root causes
… voiced by Lawrence Kudlow of CNBC, Neil Cavuto of FOX News (who placed the blame on banks that lent to "minorities and risky folks"), syndicated columnists Charles Krauthammer and George Will, …
Third Sunday of Lent
… flu virus, templeitis constantly mutates into new strains that resist treatment. A fruitful Lent and a healthy spiritual life require continuous purging of our own bodily house of prayer. … … SIGN UP NOW … to receive an e-email alert each week of Lent directing you to Fr. Hays' reflection. Enrich your Lenten journey this year. Want to know …
Second Sunday of Lent
The most important part of the scripture message for us this evening that I hope we will take away with us as we leave this church and go back out into our daily lives are those words that the disciples hear from God: "This is my beloved son. Listen to him. " Listen to him. If only we would do that. All of us. Each of us. Listen to Jesus. Listen not only to his words but listen too by watching…
Earth and Spirit: The Lenten paradox
… the dynamics of simpler living. But we Christians already know deep down in our bones that Lent leads to Easter. Rich Heffern is an NCR staff writer. …
A Lenten exercise in forgiveness
… us. To reach such Gospel heights, we need to practice forgiveness as a daily discipline. Lent is a good time to ritualize forgiveness toward those who have hurt us, to make it a practice … them by name. Then ask the God of mercy to forgive you yourself. Do this every day during Lent. Another exercise: imagine with all the vividness you can muster being in the presence of … he laid out a rose-strewn path toward a new world of nonviolence, justice and reconciliation. Lent is a good time to ponder his words of forgiveness. Let’s pray over them and imitate them, …
Second Sunday of Lent
… cosmetics can hide and reduce these effects, is there another art or "skill in decorating"? Lent is a cosmetic season to beautify not only the outside but also the inside. … Our Lenten … … SIGN UP NOW … to receive an e-email alert each week of Lent directing you to Fr. Hays' reflection. Enrich your Lenten journey this year. Want to know …
Benedict perfects the Q&A format
… in northern Italy, while the pope is on vacation, and with priests in Rome at the beginning of Lent; Sessions with young people as part of the preparation for World Youth Day; Several …
First Sunday of Lent
… began his time in the desert praying. And this is what we try to do during this season of Lent. We kind of take on the role of Jesus, being in a desert place, a quiet place where we can … enters into and invites us to be a part of. That is what we try to do during this season of Lent. To try to understand what Jesus was called to and commit ourselves to follow him. There are … ourselves to this new covenant in his blood. So we have a very extraordinary program for Lent, trying to make this new covenant with Jesus our covenant. Each of us following Jesus …
Econ encyclical 'more on ethics than structure'
… Benedict held with priests from the Rome diocese, as part of the Vatican’s observance of Lent. …
Lent 2.0: No Facebook, no Twitter
… of Christian technophiles are swearing off Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other technology for Lent. Thousands of Facebook users have joined "Giving up Facebook for Lent" groups on the site, replacing the photos on their profiles with boxes announcing they will … up something we enjoy and like is to make restitution -- to give penance for our sins." Lent began last Wednesday, Feb. 25, and ends on Easter. Though traditions vary from church to …
Editorial: The sign of Jonah
… one like Jonah, because "I find myself traveling toward my destiny in the belly of a paradox." Lent is upon us, and for Christians, accepting ashes in the form of a cross on our foreheads is … there is the work of institutions and individuals, effective leadership and the common effort. Lent is a good place to start, and this Lent overlaps with the beginning phase of what just might be an unexpected spiritual awakening …
First Sunday of Lent
… Thatcher, whose favorite response to her objectors was: "TINA," There Is No Alternative. Lent is TINA time. There is no alternative to Jesus' requirements to repent – to turn around -- … an ongoing bit-by-bit purging of anything in us that is not godly. … On this First Sunday of Lent, make a list of three pet self-set limitations or habits that you've developed that keep you … mark how you've embraced or settled for who you are instead of seeing who you can become. … Lent is the season of becoming and of removing the restrictive boundaries that seriously limit …