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Bishop urges religious education leaders to nourish hope
… specializing in contemporary spirituality and ministry. With the congress taking place during Lent, one of its highlights was a specially composed Friday evening Way of the Cross featuring … "Growing up, I would see Catholics come together to 'celebrate' the cross on Fridays in Lent," he said. "However, it never seemed like a true celebration. Celebration doesn't need to … cross ends with the greatest glory of all." "We wanted to acknowledge that it was a Friday in Lent, but go beyond lamenting and recognize that the Paschal mystery gained us something," Hurley …
Advocates gear up to protect poor
… tax credits for low-income families, and international food aid programs. Cook said that Lent last year was the genesis of the Circle of Protection, which was appropriate because Lent is a time for people to think about the implications of the budget on the poor and to focus …
Just in time for Lent: rediscovering confession
THE ART OF CONFESSION: RENEWING YOURSELF THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF HONESTY By Paul Wilkes Published by Workman Publishing, $18.95 Touching on the many facets of confessing, Paul Wilkes seeks to redefine the subject. Although he discusses the sacrament of reconciliation, this isn’t a particularly Roman Catholic book or even an especially religious book. Blending history, memoir, psychology,…
What Jesus taught in the Garden of Gethsemane
… understand Jesus. There they realize just how serious Jesus is about life-giving nonviolence. Lent invites us to come to the same realization, but unlike the disciples, to stay the course of … the prophets may be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled. (Matthew 26: 47-56) Lent invites us to walk with the nonviolent Jesus on the way of the cross. If we do our work and … thoughts offer an opportunity for prayer, growing in faith and learning to trust Jesus. Each Lent, we walk with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem, to the civil disobedience in the temple and …
Measuring up
… more deeply and believe more fully -- both as individuals and as a community. Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 Full text of the readings With … his life for sinners on the cross was the purest, wisest expression of love imaginable. During Lent, as we ponder God’s wisdom, we are challenged to examine our own attitude toward suffering. … Therefore, it is with a sense of humble confidence that we take the measure of ourselves this Lent. We may not always meet the challenge of our belonging to Christ, but he who knows our …
Learn to listen to and follow Jesus this Lenten season
… torture Abraham by putting him to this test which is beyond understanding? Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Psalms 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 …
Maintaining faith and fervor
… to surrender to an action that appeared to quash his hopes for the future. Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9, 10-13, 15-18 Psalm 116 Romans 8:31-34 Mark 9:2-10 Full text of the … make an enthusiastic beginning at most things -- at life, at living our baptismal promises, at Lent and all its spiritual and physical challenges. But what sustains our fervor when things …
Seeking Jesus' presence as I am disappearing
… A 12th-century Spanish fresco depicts the Last Supper. (Newscom/Prisma/Album) … LENT … Doctors diagnosed Jane McAllister with Alzheimer’s disease eight years ago. Alzheimer’s is …
Three myths about the church to give up for Lent
… this comes a little late, but if anybody's still on the market for something to give up for Lent, I'd suggest that the following misconceptions about the Catholic church and about … outside world for being seduced by them. Here are three popular fallacies, in the hope that Lent 2012 might mark the beginning of their expiration date. … 1. Purple ecclesiology … "Purple … we can all agree that's a more dramatic set of circumstances. If you give up anything this Lent, the inability to recognize a growing global war on Christians would be a truly inspired …
Confirmation helps lead the way to the kingdom of God
… is prepared for it. We're going to have the ceremony, so I'll join in." {C} First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15 Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 Full text of the … this Sacrament of Confirmation today with the readings that we had for this first Sunday of Lent, especially the Gospel reading. That Gospel reading really lets us begin to understand what … into the desert, and He spent six weeks -- this is what we're doing during this season of Lent -- six weeks of prayer, reflection and penance in order to understand what God is asking of …