Lent is a sacred time in the liturgical calendar, a season set aside for intentional spiritual growth. With its emphasis on prayer, almsgiving, and fasting, Lent invites Catholics to adopt practices ...

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Visit the homepage for more information. Scroll through this page of poetry on the theme of Lent, or click on a title below to jump to that particular poem. My Son, could I have climbed this hill for ...

For adults, there are a daily Bible read­ing, pictures, re­­flections, prayers, and prac­tical ideas ... s Prizing the Pas­sion: Four Lent talks with selected poems is by a priest who served in South ...

16 February, Proper 2: Jeremiah 17.5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15.12-20; Luke 6.17-26 LUKE’s version of Jesus’s Beatitudes (or “blessings”) challenges the more famous version recorded in Matthew (5.1 ...

JD Vance is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Usha Vance holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in ...

When Christians sacrifice something during Lent, some donate the value of what they forego to the Catholic Church or a charity that gives money, food or other items to the poor. Almsgiving is a ...

Carnival season at 18 amazing destinations. Whether you're after a party or a traditional Catholic Lenten festival, you'll find it here.

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics are eligible for special indulgences this year. Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in ...

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season, though eating fish is permitted (which is why the Filet-o-Fish from McDonalds was ...