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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
Called to Be Saints: Be Perfect, Just as Your Heavenly Father is Perfect Watch
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
"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
Lenten Reflection: A Barren Heart, God is in the Desert
Though I hate the desert, may I wait for Him there. Whether He speaks or not, I will pray. If I feel nothing at all, I will ... continue reading
Lent and the Path to Freedom: Doing Battle with the World, the Flesh and the Devil Watch
When I was a young man I had a priest friend who I now recall every time we begin the Forty Day Observance of Lent. About a week before Ash ... continue reading
Second Sunday of Lent: Living in the Transfiguration, Right Now Watch
The Lord Jesus has also shown us the way up the mountain, inviting us into a new way of living in Him through living within the ... continue reading
Let us venture together from darkness into the light
On Ash Wednesday, with dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads we were each invited to call to mind that this mortal body, this earthly ... continue reading
Scripture Reflection: Living Water in the Lenten Desert
As your Lent becomes dry and weary, draw from this well of Living Water flowing from the stricken Rock. Receive the Holy Spirit. NASHVILLE, ... continue reading
When Did We See You Hungry? Lent and the Love of Preference for the Poor Watch
The option or love of preference for the poor. This is an option or a special form of primacy in the exercise of Christian charity to ... continue reading
Lent as a Season of No Kidding: Where are We Behaving as the Crowd? Watch
Do you want to accompany Jesus closely, very closely? Open the Holy Gospel and read the Passion of Our Lord. But don't just read it: live ... continue reading
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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'
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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 22, 2023 to April 6, 2023
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 21, 2023
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 22, 2023
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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April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels... continue reading
Holy Week
April 2 - 8, 2023
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
April 6, 2023
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
April 7, 2023
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
April 9, 2023
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
Ascension of Our Lord
May 18, 2023
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 28, 2023
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
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Easter / Lent News
We Have Been Raised with Christ. Easter is More Than a Day; it is a Way Watch
Easter is more than a Day, it is a Way; A Way of living our lives differently now in Him. We are invited to do that by living them in His ... continue reading
5 Beautiful scriptures to remind you what Easter is all about Watch
This Easter, make sure to take a moment with your family to thank Jesus for his amazing sacrifice. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Turn ... continue reading
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Happy Easter: The Tomb is Empty! Love Has Triumphed Watch
We find the purpose of eternity revealed in the temporal realities of every today. The real "stuff" of our mundane daily lives becomes ... continue reading
The surprising origins of the Easter Bunny -- it's not what you think! Watch
The Easter Bunny is a symbol of Easter that is popular in western culture, especially with children. According to folklore, the Easter ... continue reading
Are Easter eggs pagan? Watch
Easter eggs are a traditional part of modern Easter celebrations, but their origins are shrouded in history, raising questions about their ... continue reading
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