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Recipe for Lenten Simple S.O.U.P.
… in our neighborhoods, chili with cheese and onions when trying to understand homelessness. Lent is a special time where we would make time for God, for ourselves, for others and all those …
Renounce nuclear weapons
… vigorously about military goals, social needs, job creation and security. So I thought this Lent I would look more closely at some of the issues raised. Where to begin? Nuclear weapons. The …
Use Lent to shed apathy to sin, poverty, indifference to God, pope says
… Carol Glatz … Catholic News Service … Lent is a time to shed lazy, un-Christian habits and snap out of one's apathy toward people harmed by violence, poverty and not having God in their lives, Pope Francis said. Lent is time to "change course, to recover the ability to respond to the reality of evil that … general audience March 5, Ash Wednesday. The pope's catechesis focused on the meaning of Lent, which, beginning Ash Wednesday for Latin-rite Catholics, marks a 40-day period of penance, …
Ashes to ashes, stardust to stardust
… Donna Schaper … If you want a spiritual practice, look outside Lent. And not just on Sundays, and please, don’t light a candle. Also ask the donor of your ashes … up there overhead, blinking. Spiritual practice is becoming a star, every day, and not just in Lent. Usually we become spiritual way too late, even though the opportunity to be spiritual is an … many people think they can’t afford the long-term investment. Thus we stick to electricity or Lent or Sundays or candles. And of course, these spiritual surrogates are terribly, dangerously …
Pope’s quotes: ‘Real poverty hurts’
… do this to the extent that we imitate Christ who became poor and enriched us by his poverty. Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in …
Morning Briefing
… Also in the Philippines, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is … warning against hypocrisy … during Lent. Ugandan bishops are … reportedly tight-lipped about the new anti-gay law … passed in their …
Questions and answers about Ash Wednesday
… Amanda Murphy … Religion News Service … Today marks the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday. For Christians, Lent is a 40-day season of fasting, reflection and penance culminating in Holy Week and the …
USCCB president asks for Ash Wednesday prayers for Ukraine
… with my brother bishops, I ask U.S. Catholic communities, gathering for the beginning of Lent on Wednesday, to pray for a peaceful resolution of this crisis, one that secures the just …
Join Jesuits in prayer during Lent & Easter
The Jesuits of the United States have launched an online communal prayer experience to which they are inviting all of their friends and colleagues. "Moved to Greater Love," the prayer and reflection experience, was designed for Jesuits and apostolic partners but is open to all who want to participate. "MTLG is an invitation to Jesuits and all involved in Jesuit ministries to ask for the graces of…, Editor's note:, We can send you an email alert every time Thomas Reese's column, Faith and Justice , is posted. Go to this page and follow directions: Email alert sign-up .
For Buenos Aires' working class, Carnival makes a comeback
… Carnival culminated Tuesday as a sort of last hurrah of hedonism prior to Ash Wednesday and Lent. But this year, it came for Argentines as the country careens toward crisis. The country's …