Easter / Lent News
The Resurrecting Power of Mercy
Returning to my seat, I found myself considering all those horrific news reports and the perpetrators that gave them warrant. Jesus ... continue reading
Living Now in the Hope of Eternity: The Resurrection, Are You Ready? Watch
The Easter season is a sublime and sacred time in which our heart sings: "The Lord is risen!" The wondrous mystery of the resurrection and ... continue reading
With Faith Let Us Enter into the Great and Holy Week Watch
Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew. To begin again! How desperately the current age needs to hear this Good ... continue reading
There's still time! Continue to clean house and make room for God as we reach the end of Lent Watch
Cleaning out garages is a metaphor for so much more. Cleaning out the house within is an even greater challenge. However, failure to do so ... continue reading
Once again Lent is almost over, but did YOU keep this Commandment this year? Watch
The time has finally come. We've sacrificed, struggled, and prayed our way to the end of Lent. Easter is about to begin. Hopefully, Lent ... continue reading
Lent of Conviction and Lent of Love
Catholicism is a most excellent, healthy and fulfilling way of life. It is the way to happiness in Christ. Let us not forget that Christ ... continue reading
There They Crucified Him (Jn 19:18)
Roman crucifixion served as a means of not only putting convicted criminals to death, but of instilling terror in the hearts of innocent ... continue reading
5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion
This Sorrowful pilgrimage now brings me here to this lonely hill. All the agony, the beatings and the bleeding have led me somewhere I do ... continue reading
Mortification in our Lives - Keeping the Temple Clean Watch
Due to the effects of Original Sin and our own personal sins that are committed after Baptism, our temples are filled with many things that ... continue reading
The Lenten Invitation: Making Choices and Changing Ourselves Watch
With His outstretched arms on the Cross, Jesus freely chose love and bridged the gap between heaven and earth. In His triumph over death ... continue reading
More Lent & Easter
Easter 2024 / Lent 2024
Begins on Wednesday February 14, 2024
Ends on Thursday March 28, 2024
'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead'
Lent Event
Importance
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday
Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion... continue reading
Living Lent
February 14, 2024 - March 28, 2024
Commit to your faith and choose to 'live' Lent. Join our 40-day challenge to authentically live the Lenten season. Get inspired, don't just observe Lent, live it!... continue reading
Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday
February 13, 2024
In France, the people feasted on foods that would be given up during the forty days of Lent. Meats, eggs, and milk were finished off in one day, giving the holiday its French title of 'Mardi Gras' which means Fat Tuesday... continue reading
Ash Wednesday
February 14, 2024
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting... continue reading
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Palm Sunday
March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels... continue reading
Holy Week
March 24 - 30, 2024
On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the first joy of the season, as we celebrate Our Lord's triumphant entrance into Jerusalem where he was welcomed by... continue reading
Holy Thursday / Last Supper
March 28, 2024
Holy Thursday is the most complex and profound of all religious observances. It celebrates his last supper with the disciples, a celebration of Passover... continue reading
Good Friday
March 29, 2024
On Good Friday, each member of the Church tries to understand at what cost Christ has won our redemption. In the solemn ceremonies of Holy Week... continue reading
Easter Sunday
March 31, 2024
Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I calls it the greatest feast, and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter... continue reading
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Ascension of Our Lord
Thursday May 9, 2024
The Ascension of Our Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation, celebrates the day that Christ, in the presence of His apostles, ascended bodily into Heaven. The Ascension occurred on the 40th day of Easter, a Thursday... continue reading
Pentecost
Sunday May 19, 2024
Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (20:16) and Corinthians (16:8)... continue reading
Fasting and Abstinence
Every Friday
For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the... continue reading
What did you give up for Lent?
All of Lent
From the humorous to the bizarre, people have had interesting Lenten experiences. Tell us about what you are going to give up for this Lenten Year... continue reading
Everything answered from when does lent end, ashes, giving something up, stations of the cross and blessed palms. The key to understanding the meaning of Lent is simple... continue reading
The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community... continue reading
The Easter Bunny is a symbol of Easter that is popular in western culture, especially with children. According to folklore, the Easter Bunny hides Easter eggs for children to find on Easter morning... continue reading
He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. - Matthew 28:6. Learn more about the Post-Resurrection Appearances of Jesus Christ... continue reading
Catholic Online Shopping offers a variety of Easter gifts & Easter treats for all ages! Choose a gift for someone special and celebrate the joy of Easter... continue reading
Easter / Lent News
Holy Thursday: He Loves to the End Watch
Jesus Christ has loved us to the very end. There is great spiritual profit to be found in meditating on those words. They might give the ... continue reading
Who Is God? A Holy Week Reflection Watch
Want to know who God is? That answer will not come easily, for it involves sacrifice and death to self. There are no shortcuts; there are ... continue reading
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Palms, Passion and Progress: Holy Week is a Continuing Call to a New Life in Christ Watch
Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion. How desperately we all need to hear the ... continue reading
Palm Sunday: Coming Face to Face with Jesus Watch
When we encounter Jesus and the Gospel, we immediately sense that we are dealing with something that is not of this world. To be a ... continue reading
Where do the palms for Palm Sunday come from? Watch
With Palm Sunday right around the corner, Catholics across the globe will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church. Some might fold ... continue reading