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Let's go back to basics for Lent during this pandemic year
… Daniel P. Horan … For many people, Lent is associated with certain kinds of sacrifice: giving up something one enjoys for the … ourselves in living the Gospel. But what does it mean to approach the penitential season of Lent in a time of global pandemic in which nearly everybody has experienced involuntary … from the quotidian to the spiritually transformational. However, I think this particular Lent is a time in which spiritual transformation, ongoing conversion, and personal and communal …
Bishops' conference gives up Biden working group for Lent
The news that the leadership of the U.S. bishops' conference shut down the working group on dealing with the Biden administration, first reported here at NCR by my colleague Christopher White, suggests the leadership of the conference now recognizes that their confrontational stance was, — hmm, what is the word? — shall we say, ill-considered. Last month, when the working group drafted, and…
The secret place
… and door and pray in secret” (Matthew 6:6). Joel 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20—6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 Lent is here again, overtaking the already penitential season imposed on us by the deprivations … seem adequate to define us spiritually. The readings summon us back to the root meaning of Lent, a time of purifying recommitment to follow Jesus into the desert, then to Jerusalem to … and emerged as the Son of Man, full of grace and overflowing with purpose. This is also our Lent, a time to ground our real selves, stripped of distractions, appetites scheming for treats …
Celebrating Ash Wednesday in a pandemic? There's an app for that
… Home" filter on Instagram. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the 40-day penitential season of Lent, during which Christians spiritually prepare for Holy Week, when they remember Jesus' death, …
Let's give up culture war infighting for Lent
Like everything else in this pandemic year, Ash Wednesday will not be the same. Priests have been directed by the Vatican to sprinkle ashes on tops of heads, rather than smudge them on foreheads, and to refrain from saying from saying "Repent and believe in the Gospel" or "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return" to each individual. The formula will instead be pronounced to all…
Lenten reflections focus on climate change as an urgent moral issue
… Brian Roewe … This Lent, Fr. Emmet Farrell wants you to think about climate change. Farrell, director of creation … titled "Reflections on the Care of Creation," on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent. … You can sign up here to receive Fr. Farrell's "Reflections on the Care of Creation" by … health and lives of the people among whom he ministered. Climate change is a timely topic for Lent, the priest said, "because it's so prevalent. It surrounds us; we're not aware of it. And it …
EarthBeat Weekly: A year after 'Querida Amazonia,' some lessons for the U.S. church
… for all of creation. Once we have that devotion, the solutions will present themselves." Lent is a good time to take steps — from personal lifestyle changes to lobbying government …
Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them, pope says
… Cindy Wooden … Catholic News Service … As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone … are anguished, lonely, sick, homeless, despised or in need," the pope wrote in his message for Lent 2021. The message, released by the Vatican Feb. 12, focuses on Lent as "a time for renewing faith, hope and love" through the traditional practices of prayer, …
The Francis Effect podcast: Sr. Nathalie Becquart, Lent, and what we're watching
… Sr. Nathalie Becquart as a synod undersecretary for the Vatican ; how they are preparing for Lent; and what they are watching these days for distractions. … How do I listen? … From your …
Biography explores 'subversive' Christianity of novelist Dorothy Sayers
… to the fact that the crucified Jesus was God Incarnate." This is the ultimate message of Lent. …
EarthBeat Weekly: Environment defenders face dual threat of climate change, murder
… EarthBeat Events page . … Closing beat: … We're just a week and a half away from the start of Lent, a season that EarthBeat will mark this year with a series of reflections by Fr. Emmet … issues. You can receive the reflections in your inbox three times a week by signing up here . Lent offers us an opportunity to reflect on — and make change in — our relationship with the … and with one another. I'm going to try to get as close as I can to zero waste during this Lent — this weekend's task is to figure out the best way to do composting in an apartment. Are …