Lent
How to Prepare for Temptations
These words from Sirach come to my mind when I reflect on the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness:…
You Cannot “Fail” Lent: Making Lent a Time…
I have to remind myself of that every single year. As Lent progresses, I catch myself doing…
The Cross is the doorway to communion with God –…
"The Transfiguration" (c. 1480) by Giovanni-Bellini Readings:• Gen 12:1-4a• Ps 33:4-5,…
8 Tips for Developing a Habit of Reading Scripture…
Understanding Lent and the Penitential Action of Reading Scripture With the arrival of Lent, many of…
Nicaragua Bans 409 Stations of the Cross Processions on…
Nicaragua’s communist regime prohibited 406 Catholic Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross) processions…
Weekly Goals for Lent – Catholic Exchange
Our liturgical year’s first slice of Ordinary Time has given way to the great season of Lent. We…
Why Fast? – Catholic Exchange
In the daily lectionary readings recently, we heard the prophet Isaiah explain that fasting is…
How the Pietà Teaches Us to Embrace Suffering
There is a beautiful portrait hanging in the Dallas Museum of Art entitled, “Pietà,” painted in 1876…
The Pattern of Temptations and How to Overcome Them
As we begin Lent, Christ’s three temptations in the desert give us the pattern by which we too are…
Fall in the Garden, Victory in the Desert: First Sunday…
Jesus faces God’s enemy and ours, the one who has hated us from the beginning. Gospel (Read Mt.…
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