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Pope: Lent is a time to reflect on God's love, not 'useless sermons'
… with God, the pope said Feb. 26, celebrating Mass and distributing ashes at the beginning of Lent. "For Lent is not a time for useless sermons, but for recognizing that our lowly ashes are loved by … All this is dust that besmirches, ashes that extinguish the fire of love," the pope said. Lent, he said, "is a time of healing" and through contemplating the cross and the sacrament of …
Shut off cellphone, open Bible for Lent, pope tells faithful
… Carol Glatz … Catholic News Service … Lent is a time to remove all distractions and bitterness from one's life in order to better hear … the pope said at his weekly general audience Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent for Latin-rite Catholics. "It's a time to give up useless words, idle chatter, rumors, … the heart," he said. Just as Jesus spent time in the desert, he said Catholics must spend Lent creating similarly sparse surroundings and a "healthy environment of the heart." These …
Should Catholic women give up fasting for Lent?
… Jessica Coblentz … When Lent arrives each year, I find myself in conversations about fasting with other Catholic women. … the scores of healthy Catholic women who negotiate these social pressures every day. This Lent is an opportunity for Catholics to share a different message about fasting, one that … when we come as we are. Yet Catholics should not acquiesce to oppressive beauty standards. Lent is an opportunity for us to start conversations about society's body demands. The sexist, …
Copy Desk Daily, Feb. 26, 2020
… capturing that waste and sending it to be converted into power. Read more about it. For Lent, Judy Principe, an associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Philadelphia, is revisiting the … commentary on our homepage today. She asks: Should Catholic women give up fasting for Lent? We'll be posting more Lent-related stories as the day goes on. On GSR: Sr. Carlette Gentle, a Sister of Charity of …
Humus, Humans and Humility
… sojourn. What seeds are being planted in the rich humus of your spirit as we enter into Lent? How might you practice humility in your relationship with the earth and humanity? … ACT … …
Lent's reward
… (Matt 6:16). Joel 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20—6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 Christians enter the season of Lent with ashes on their foreheads and the Jewish practices of prayer, almsgiving and fasting. … with our Creator, we will have nothing authentic, true and beautiful to offer others. Lent frees us from false selves to be real in our relationships to others, making God present. … and comes closer, flowing through us like alms to the needy, multiplying goodness. Thus, Lent is the time to renew the contemplative and active balance in our lives, resting in God, …
Copy Desk Daily, Feb. 25, 2020
… peers must "shed this prejudice." Read more from the NCR interview. … A very good reminder as Lent begins Wednesday: … "One does not need a theology degree to understand real kenosis , the …
EarthBeat Weekly: A new idea for Lent
… Bill Mitchell … Instead of giving up something for Lent this year (Ash Wednesday is just a few days away), what would you think about trying …
Book on Civil War era activists has parallels to present moment
… and compromises beneficial, or detrimental? At a time when #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have lent new urgency to critical questions surrounding gender and race, it will strike astute readers …
EarthBeat Weekly: Taking the pope at his word
… the Advent Reflections with Laudato Si' by Arthur Jones, we're planning a similar series for Lent. (More on that next week.) We're also thinking about a short creation care reflection we …
Your thoughts on author and speaker Matthew Kelly
… recent articles on Matthew Kelly. I am not sure what to make of him. I have viewed some of his Lent and Advent podcasts and find them superficial and glib. They sound like the prosperity …
To prevent spread of COVID-19, Hong Kong Diocese cancels Masses
… Feb. 15-28, including Sunday Masses and the Ash Wednesday liturgy that marks the beginning of Lent. Ucanews.com reported Cardinal John Tong, apostolic administrator of Hong Kong, said the …
March 29, 2020: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Are you open to praying to a black God?
… [black people], and that in loving ourselves, we love everyone." As we prepare for and enter Lent this upcoming Ash Wednesday, white people may contemplate, following Copeland as our guide …
Trump seals his Catholic deal
… comments, but we made the case for years without the authority of those who could have lent additional credibility to the argument. The episcopal silence created an intellectual and …
Priest helping migrants, staff in Guatemala receive death threats
… El Salvador, where he lives part of the time, he has organized a "Migrant Via Crucis" during Lent, weaving themes of the situation experienced by Central American migrants into the Stations …
March 22, 2020: Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 15, 2020: Third Sunday of Lent
Copy Desk Daily, Jan. 21, 2020
… of environmental action, Sr. Mary Bilderback donned her purple "Mercy for Justice" T-shirt and lent her support to Clean Ocean Action at a public hearing on offshore drilling. The biologist …