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Too burned out for ashes
… The Times writer noted with surprise that he was conducting the interview on a Friday during Lent, and Fox still insisted on not eating meat. I wondered if Fox was still keeping the …
Giving up the news for Lent
… Associate Editor Kevin Clarke in his Ash Wednesday piece for the Washington Post called, “ Lent in a Time of a Catholic Culture War .” I share Clarke’s despair. The Catholic culture wars, …
Taking responsibility for ourselves, our world
… world?” and “For which of these incidents of human suffering am I culpable?” First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15 Psalm 25 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 Full text of the readings Before we … is not a swift or easy process. It is moved forward by the fervor we bring to the season of Lent now beginning. We come together, sinners all, to admit the truth of ourselves to God and to …
Students go on hunger strike over employee wages at University of Virginia
… It contains all the information that you need to know. We will soon be in the season of Lent, which as many of you know, is a season of fasting and penance. The connection between …
The church, like Jesus, should say 'yes' to new things
… hard to be faithful, to say yes. Next Sunday in our Gospel, we'll hear in the first Sunday of Lent how right after Jesus has received His mission from God in His baptism, He goes into the …
Giving up coffee to be spiritually quenched
… comfortably with my values, as I serve fair trade and organic cups to guests in my home. For Lent, I chose to give up all liquids except water in support of the H20 Project . I will drink …
The promise of Easter in apricot branches
… Mary Ann McGivern … I think I wrote here last year that Pius Parsch says Lent is the springtime of the soul. I probably also said that the wonder of spring to me is that …
Reimagining Ash Wednesday: stardust to stardust
… this always struck me as a bit morbid. Of course, since Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the ashes also announced the beginning of a season-long effort to repent wrongs, seek a new …
Pope: Lent should be time of grace, defeating temptation
… Cindy Wooden … Catholic News Service … VATICAN CITY … -- The 40 days of Lent are a time of spiritual renewal in preparation for Easter, but they also are a time to … Catholic Church faces temptations, Pope Benedict XVI said. The pope explained the meaning of Lent during his weekly general audience on Ash Wednesday. Like the people of Israel during their …
A Suggestion for Lent
So often, debates and discussions within the Church turn ugly because it is so difficult to set aside our pre-conceived narratives and look at the issues of the day wish freshness, openness, and a willingness to be proven wrong. It is so much more fun to be proven right! For Catholics, many of our debates and discussions focus on Vatican II and what it meant. There is a great, important, useful,…