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Easter / Lent News

Footwashing, the Holy Thursday Mandatum: God is Love and Love is a Verb Watch

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As we enter into these three days, the one day, we make this mystery our own. No mere spectators in this Act of Love we become ... continue reading


Holy Thursday: He Loves to the End Watch

Image of Jesus Christ has loved us to the very end. There is great spiritual profit to be found in meditating on those words.

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



Palms, Passion and Progress: Holy Week is a Continuing Call to a New Life in Christ Watch

Image of Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion.

Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion. How desperately we all need to hear ... continue reading


Who Is God? A Holy Week Reflection Watch

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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


Holy Week Invites us to Let Go of Self, Embrace the Lord Anew Watch

Image of This week is Holy not only because of what we remember but because of what it can accomplish within each one of us as we give our voluntary Yes to its' invitation.

The Liturgy of Palm or Passion Sunday, with its re-presentation of the triumphal entry of the Master into Jerusalem leading into the first ... continue reading


Palm Sunday: Coming Face to Face with Jesus Watch

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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

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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


Lenten Recipes and the Whys of 'Fish Eaters'

Image of The fish enjoys Scriptural prominence too. Several apostles were fishermen, called to be 'fishers of men'.

The fish was one of the most important Christian symbols of the early Church. In a political and religious climate often fatal to them, the ... continue reading


Called to Be Saints: Be Perfect, Just as Your Heavenly Father is Perfect Watch

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We are to live differently - beginning right now- because we live our lives now in Jesus Christ. We are to love differently, because ... continue reading


Lent's radical call to each person and every nation

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"Repent and believe in the Gospel" -- the call we received from Christ on Ash Wednesday -- is a radical call, the most important call we ... continue reading



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Easter 2023 / Lent 2023
Begins on February 22, 2023 ends on April 6, 2023

'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead'
Luke 24:46

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Stations of the Cross

Every Friday

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Living Lent

February 22, 2023 to April 6, 2023

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Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday

February 21, 2023

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Ash Wednesday

February 22, 2023

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Palm Sunday

April 2, 2023

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Holy Week

April 2 - 8, 2023

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Good Friday

April 7, 2023

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Easter Sunday

April 9, 2023

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Ascension of Our Lord

May 18, 2023

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Pentecost

Sunday, May 28, 2023

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Fasting and Abstinence

Every Friday

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Easter / Lent News

Lenten Series: The Seven Deadly Sins

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We admit that shadows lurk within our hearts. "I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want." (Romans 7:18) WITCHITA, ... continue reading


A Lenten Reflection On Repentance

Image of The most profound call to repentance is experienced as we go before the Cross this Lenten season, as we kneel there along with our Blessed Mother, as we gaze upon our loving Savior who gave entirely of himself for love of us-even though we are sinners.

St. Maximus the Confessor once wrote: 'God's will is to save us, and nothing please him more than our coming back to Him in true ... continue reading



5 prayers you should say this Lenten Season Watch

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Each and every day we are called on to become closer to God. We can answer that call with our actions and our prayers. This Lenten Season ... continue reading


Practical Practice of Fasting with Fr Dwight Longenecker Watch

Image of We fast during Lent, but every Friday in the year is also a day of fasting. Why keep Friday as a fast day? Through this self denial we identify with the death of the Lord. However, there are some other good reasons for keeping Friday as a fast day. We function best when we are observing a regular routine. We keep Sundays special through the celebration of Mass, and making it a special day of relaxation.

Put very simply--Jesus commands us to fast and pray. The saints take fasting seriously and the church commands us to make fasting part of ... continue reading


Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony

Image of Temperance is the cardinal virtue that moderates and provides balance in the use of created goods (Catechism #1809). It rightly orders the vital powers in light of their proper goals -- physical, social and spiritual. This includes food.

Gluttony is a disordered appetite -- a relationship with food that is obsessive, either by excess or defect. WICHITA, Kansas (Catholic ... continue reading


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