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Digital devotion: Christians get social media, other online tools to observe Lent
… Catherine Guiles … Religion News Service … For centuries during Lent, Christians have sought to grow closer to God through praying, fasting and giving to the … at Busted Halo , a New York-based media ministry run by the Catholic Paulist Fathers that has Lent-related Instagram and Facebook projects. "It gives them a way to think about Lent that's easier to grasp, a way to integrate faith in their daily life." In the past several …
The Via Crucis of Comayagua
… daughter, and drew blood in pursuit of a DNA match. The forensic review lagged cruelly. It was Lent in Honduras and the penance was real. Ash Wednesday, Passion Sunday, Good Friday — Easter … rose to bear it. Some years have passed since flames raged through the prison of Comayagua. As Lent begins, I am reminded that the suffering that penetrates this season is real and that …
Morning Briefing
… Read this today because maybe you won't be able to tomorrow: … Hang up -- and fast for Lent … . Hartford, Conn., archdiocese is urging Catholics to turn off their cell phones and …
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… Time … By: … Lawrence Mick Today’s readings offer us another entry point into the spirit of Lent. It is perhaps best focused in the psalm refrain: “Rest in God alone, my soul.” While Lent is a time to work on areas of our life that need to change, the power to make such changes can only come from God’s grace. Lent might be seen first as a time to rest in God’s presence, to take time for prayer and …
We need Lent now more than ever
… Mike Jordan Laskey … I can't remember a year when our country has needed Lent more. Consider just a few of the season's themes: We are called to repent — to admit we … however, the tree's tags will have different ways parishioners can act for justice during Lent, including things like contacting a legislator, praying about a certain justice issue, or …
Fake news, alternative facts, and the information competition
… Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Her books include Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent and This external link will open in a new window In the Image of Christ: Essays on Being …
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
… Mick This Sunday and next Sunday offer a dual focus that could easily set the tone for Lent this year. Today’s readings call us to grow in our ability to love. The first reading will … clear that our neighbor must include everyone, even those who hurt us and sin against us. If Lent is supposed to draw us deeper into God’s life, then it must draw us into deeper loving. When …
Francis warns Christians against 'tyrannical idol' of money in Lenten message
… person is a gift, whether it be our neighbor or an anonymous pauper," the pontiff continues. "Lent is a favorable season for opening the doors to all those in need and recognizing in them the … respect and love." Francis ends his message with an exhortation to Christians to mark Lent, the six weeks of fasting, prayer and almsgiving before Easter that will begin on March 1, to use the season to serve others. "Dear friends, Lent is the favorable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the …
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… we can be. As we move through this liturgical year, and maybe especially as we prepare for Lent, we need to keep these challenges in mind so that the preaching and the prayers, the music …
Two painters, two styles, one city: Seville takes a lead in cosmopolitan 17th-century art
… NCR . Roglán is director of Southern Methodist University's Meadows Museum in Dallas, which lent Murillo's "Saint Justa" (circa 1665) and "Saint Rufina" (circa 1665), depicting Seville's …
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
… seven Sundays of winter Ordinary Time. This will give us more time than usual to prepare for Lent, but don’t procrastinate. It’s still less than two months away! This part of Ordinary Time …
New Jersey parish holds service to pray about national anxieties
… the bipartisan sense of fellowship. The parish is looking to do something similar during Lent. [Peter Feuerherd is a correspondent for NCR 's Field Hospital series on parish life and a …
Washington bishops' letter says poverty 'reaching crisis proportions,' calls for action
… memos encouraging distribution in the parishes, and also organization of study groups during Lent. We want to give the pastors some lead time in hopes that all the parishes will organize …
First Sunday of Advent
… “pretend” time when we are waiting for Jesus to be born at Bethlehem. Some see it as a “little Lent,” a time of self-denial and penance. Some see it as a time to long for the Second Coming of …
Cardinal-designate Tobin, Newark's new leader, has always had a missionary heart
… bishop "preaches by his actions" ... and "walks the talk." Being a religious order priest has lent Tobin experience in being up and down in his career. In 2010 Pope Benedict made him …
Community, spirituality and service: Christianity for college students
… (including Taizé prayer), Eucharistic Adoration every other week, Stations of the Cross during Lent, a talk by the local bishop, etc. A variety of activities are offered to fit the interests …
Catholic women tell candidates: 'Family values' not just a buzzword
… George Mason University. The leadership teams of several congregations of women religious also lent their names to the letter. A copy of the letter, organized by Faith in Public Life, is set …
Trump, the boor, ruins the Al Smith dinner
… is not a verb but it is a reality. The crude alt-right website that pretends to be a news site lent chairman Steve Bannon to Donald Trump's campaign this past summer, but that was only the …
Reformation's anniversary brings commemorations, reconsiderations
… ecumenical pilgrimage to the Holy Land. A service for "healing memories" is also planned for Lent 2017, as well as a major interchurch conference on the Bible, to express what Marx has …
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… prodigal father, if you use the long form. If you had elect celebrating the scrutinies during Lent, you missed this key passage about God’s mercy on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, so you’d surely want to use the long form today. Even if you heard it during Lent, hearing it proclaimed again during this Year of Mercy seems quite appropriate. These …