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Kenyan bishops celebrate mercy by donating food, clothing to thousands
… Mike O'Maera … Catholic News Service … A prominent Kenyan bishop said Lent is a time to celebrate and experience God's mercy, then donated clothing and food to more … one another and creation of job opportunities for the youth." He added that "in the season of Lent, the Catholic Church calls her faithful to be in fellowship and solidarity with their …
Morning Briefing
… Dennis Coday … Use this Lent to add this to your daily routine. Begin each day with NCR 's sister publication, …
A Lent for the whole world
… Tracy Kemme … I grew up, like most Catholics, thinking that Lent was a gloomy season when we stopped singing "Alleluia!" and eating candy because we had to be sorry for our sins for 40 days. The only good part about Lent was that I just might get to go to the parish fish fry on Friday evening and run around with my grade school buddies. Sadly, I'm not sure that my understanding of Lent matured much more than that until recent years. …
Truth-telling this Lent
… Jocelyn A. Sideco … I think I'm going to give up listening to presidential hopefuls this Lent. So much disgust rises within me as I listen to their attacks on one another and on the rest … up the time I spend talking and naysaying the abovementioned kinds of people. What I want this Lent is to be able to act decisively, think clearly, and spend more time aligning my heart to … clearly about the miracle of Our Lady making herself known to her. I think of my students this Lent. How do they teach me to think beyond what I know? How do they lead me to a greater depth of …
Renew your commitment during Lent
… to be given to us to reflect upon because on Wednesday of this week we begin the season of Lent. We must remind ourselves that Lent is a time of preparation to celebrate the resurrection, the new life of Jesus, but also to … renew our own understanding of what our call is and to commit ourselves now to the time of Lent -- these six weeks of prayer, penance, almsgiving, and good works -- to renew ourselves in …
After the ashes and into Lent
… Donna Schaper … What’s ecological about Lent? Ecological, to me, is the great hope that culture is permanent and that nature will evolve …
How do you live the Works of Mercy?
… NCR Staff … NCR is observing Lent with the launch of a brand-new Instagram account . Today, you can share photos of your Ash … the chance to be put back on their feet. For inspiration, take a few moments at the start of Lent to read a few stories about giving drink to the thirsty: … Global Sisters Report: … Q&A … Quotes: … Lack of resources Pope: Future of humanity depends on protecting, sharing water Lent a reflection pool for diving into water usage issues … Global Sisters Report: … …
From ashes to insight
… confess that often the yearly ritual of receiving ashes on my forehead at the beginning of Lent has become dangerously routine. Certainly I pause at the solemnity of the occasion, but it …
The married priest debate
… of St. Michael's College, Toronto. Her books include Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent and In the Image of Christ: Essays on Being Catholic and Female . ] … Editor's note: … We …
Facebook as the new chocolate: Should you give up social media for Lent?
… craft beautifully written goodbyes as they announce their plans to fast from social media for Lent. These announcements are made, without even a hint of irony, of course, on social media. Not me. I've yet to give up Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for Lent, for a number of reasons. On a practical level, keeping up with and sharing religion-related … writer -- and much of that happens on social media. I also prefer to "do" something for Lent, rather than "not do" something. In past years, I've committed to 40 days of throwing out or …
Satan lurking behind every rock
… Jesus went into the desert, to fast and pray, and was tempted by Satan for 40 days, and that Lent is a mirror of that. To show the seriousness of our penitence, for our fasting, we are … devil right around every corner, was very scary. I was taught that during his own 40 days of Lent, Jesus grappled with Satan and ultimately won. And the nuns explained that since Jesus died …
Bread and circuses during the Year of Mercy? No, grazie!
… to offer details about two events that are taking place in the next several days leading up to Lent. Both of them are aimed, fundamentally, at one thing -- getting people to go back to …
Pope Francis: World's powerful are 'slaves to sin' who risk hell by ignoring the poor
… is taking direct aim at the wealthy and powerful of the world, saying in his message for Lent that they are often "slaves to sin" who, if they ignore the poor, "will end up condemning … Holy Year jubilee that Francis inaugurated last month. "For all of us, then, the season of Lent in this Jubilee Year is a favorable time to overcome our existential alienation by listening … by feeding, visiting, comforting and instructing them. On such things will we be judged." Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which is Feb. 10 this year, and runs until Holy Week, which starts …
Pope Francis to visit marginalized communities in Mexico in February
… in attending to victims of violence." Priests in the rugged Tierra Caliente region there had lent moral and spiritual support to vigilantes arming themselves to run off a drug cartel in …
March for Life gets snowed under blizzard coverage
… of St. Michael's College, Toronto. Her books include Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent and http://www.actapublications.com/intheimageofchrist/Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the …
Mexican standoff
… of St. Michael's College, Toronto. Her books include Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent and http://www.actapublications.com/intheimageofchrist/Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the …
Learning to soul-see the hard way
… a long-winded story about the fact that she didn't have an alarm clock and her girlfriend had lent her one and all she could say was this was her first retreat and it sure was a learning …
Doors illustrate mercy themes
… " Viertel recalled. Since the parish's Advent theme of mercy -- which will continue during Lent -- was already set, the parish decided to tie it in with something to which the parishioners …
Pope’s quotes: Bear patient witness
… our brothers and sisters possess is a gift for the Church and for all humanity.” — Message for Lent 2015, Jan. 27, 2015 … Editor’s note: … We can send you a biweekly email alert with content …
Reader's Retrospective: Fr. Stephen J. Umhoefer
… Pontius Pilate "about their feelings on the Passion." He also directed occasional Christmas, Lent and Good Friday shows. Now at Nativity of Mary Parish in Janesville, Wis., where he has …