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Philippine Catholic groups criticize Canadian agency for 'opaque' review
… was sent a few days ahead of April 7, when Canadian parishes were actively promoting the Share Lent Campaign. Among the signatories to the Philippine letter were Fr. Edwin Gariguez, … and Peace partners prompted some Canadian bishops to retain donations raised during the Share Lent campaign. These allegations against 52 of approximately 180 partners were compiled in an … announced that the moratorium would be maintained for the funds raised during the 2019 Share Lent campaign. In March, the Jesuits in Canada expressed their annoyance at Development and …
Every instant, God is loving us
… sink in that God is a God of love and God loves us. As we enter into these final two weeks of Lent, we must begin to try to deepen that awareness of how God loves us as we contemplate how …
The rituals of the Triduum
… So it is when one of these Holy Week drums passes close on Good Friday evening. The sound of Lent in the Christian Quarter is the sound of these bands practicing. Finally their moment comes. …
Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase
… lethal force on protesters. Nicaragua's Catholic Church has attended to injured protesters and lent spiritual support to those opposing the government. This has put the church in the line of …
Lord, teach us to pray
… Anyone can write a prayer. We write ourselves into the big cosmic stories, like the story of Lent that moves beyond temptation to transfiguration and beyond suffering to joy. We do so by … a sense of being clear, hear my thanks, O God." … Prayers of gratitude … Many prayers during Lent and beyond are prayers of thanksgiving. Perhaps you are hurrying through a chaotic day, full … again today. Amen." After a little editing, this could become: "Oh God, show me why I hurry." Lent slows us down, gets us back in touch with ourselves, with the road we are on. Writing …
Arroyo's EWTN show is anti-Francis, pro-Trump propaganda
… Bannon has a rather limited grasp of the theological issues involved in the document that has lent its name to his institute. Bannon calls it his "gladiator school," praises Marine Le Pen for …
We all have our part to play in moving Lent into Easter
… of salvation, and then the light rising upon lilies as "Alleluias" burst forth after a long Lent of fasting from this acclamation. But despite the similarities, liturgy and performance are … cantors, or preachers or musicians or being baptized this Easter, we all have a part to play. Lent is like our practice to enter the story fully. Let’s use the rest of Lent to prepare to be the people who make the liturgy come alive and tap into the mystery it is …
Copy Desk Daily, April 9, 2019
… time to act' for women's equality in the church … . … We all have our part to play in moving Lent into Easter … , writes Erin Ryan in today's Daily Lenten Reflection. That includes liturgy, …
Radical openness before God
… Melissa Musick Nussbaum … Lent is Advent's poor relation. But its poverty offers Christians great riches. So far, Walmart … electronic departments. Scourging scares away the customers. So, Christians, rejoice! It's Lent all this March long. Teachers speak of the "Lenten tripod" of prayer, fasting and … to do anything but cry out for others to be broken as we are, to be smashed against the rocks. Lent reminds us that, like the Israel in exile of Psalm 137, we sing our songs in a strange land. …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… presidential primaries. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other Catholic groups lent support to a climate-fee-and-dividend bill in the House, though they have refrained from any …
Lent and our hungers
… a century before Schmemann. We visit these two because you, the reader, are at the entrance to Lent 2012, entering through Mark's brief and lovely telling: And the Spirit immediately drove him … our lives? Ivan's story became for us a parable-like event that visits us again and again on Lent's first Sunday and perhaps more often. So here we will set Mark on one side of a triptych: …
Fifth Sunday of Lent
… is all about creating something new. That goes for all of us. … Planning: Fourth Sunday of Lent … By Lawrence Mick If you are using the Cycle C readings today, the first reading includes … “The name of God is mercy.” Believe that and live accordingly. … Prayers: Fourth Sunday of Lent … By Sue Robb … Introduction … Today’s readings are filled, not only with examples of …
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Misery or mercy?
Hell hath no fury like a mob riled up by demagogues. Some well-placed, hateful words can stir up ferocious shouts and actions that few of the people involved would perform singly or in moments of rational thinking. When mob action confers anonymity on hurting individuals, people can end up doing things that are ultimately as self-destructive as they are offensive. Like a gang of playground…
Emptying ourselves as Jesus did
… passage could set a more insightful theme for the month of April than the Fifth Sunday of Lent's first reading. The only problem is that it should be read in its original Hebrew, not in …
A chasm of inequality: Lenten meditations on wealth
… Is this what flows from the joy of the Gospel and asks, "Why do you sleep, Lord?" Can Lent be Lent for us in these times unless we make such lamentation integral to our lives and ritual? We …
God can't wait to forgive, to reconcile and welcome us home
… are in the back of the church and some of you may be using that for your daily prayer during Lent), this past week on March 27, there was a part about the person who wrote the book, Bishop …
Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Transparency
… the bishops need to be creative — perhaps living on the streets as a homeless person during Lent or volunteering at a rape crisis center. Only when everyone sees the bishops acknowledge …
During Lent, we prepare to make an honest response
… of evil." I was reveling in it. I savored and took pleasure in those violent images. During Lent, I examine my conscience, find the dark things that are hidden in my psyche, and drag them …
Copy Desk Daily, April 2, 2019
… It's just that you know what you have here and it's hard to leave.' " … Read more during Lent: … here . Michael Leach, of "Soul Seeing," has the sweetest marriage. He writes, "Miracles …
Education leader Norman Francis to receive Notre Dame's Laetare Medal
… so named because its recipient is announced each year on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent. "I am honored by Notre Dame recognizing me in this way," Francis said in a statement …