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If Lent Makes You Sad, Read This

If Lent Makes You Sad, Read This

Matt Charbonneau

The time has come once again when we are to keep the curtains and blinds closed, and make sure our daily wardrobe features nothing but black. Yes, we now tap...

If Lent Makes You Sad, Read This

Matt Charbonneau

The time has come once again when we are to keep the curtains and blinds closed, and make sure our daily wardrobe features nothing but black. Yes, we now tap...

Lent in the Byzantine Catholic Tradition

Lent in the Byzantine Catholic Tradition

Deacon John Harden

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for most Catholics, (and even many Protestants). But for many other Christians, including Byzantine Catholics like myself, Lent begins on Clean Monday. This...

Lent in the Byzantine Catholic Tradition

Deacon John Harden

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for most Catholics, (and even many Protestants). But for many other Christians, including Byzantine Catholics like myself, Lent begins on Clean Monday. This...

Preparing to Participate in Christ’s Passion This Lent

Preparing to Participate in Christ’s Passion Th...

Dr. Christine Wood

As we enter into Lent this year, we should make a renewed effort to contemplate the mysteries of Jesus’ Passion. With this objective in mind, I recommend that we examine...

Preparing to Participate in Christ’s Passion Th...

Dr. Christine Wood

As we enter into Lent this year, we should make a renewed effort to contemplate the mysteries of Jesus’ Passion. With this objective in mind, I recommend that we examine...

15 Recipes for Fridays during  Lent

15 Recipes for Fridays during Lent

Merridith Frediani

Ahh Lent. A time of penance, abstinence, fasting, and having to dig for the recipes I don’t normally cook. Raising kids means making meat. During the Fridays of Lent, it...

15 Recipes for Fridays during Lent

Merridith Frediani

Ahh Lent. A time of penance, abstinence, fasting, and having to dig for the recipes I don’t normally cook. Raising kids means making meat. During the Fridays of Lent, it...

What 5 Saints Did for Lent

What 5 Saints Did for Lent

Melissa Keating

This is for all those who are having an existential crisis about their Lenten fast. Ultimately, your Lenten sacrifice should be something that brings you closer to God but sometimes...

What 5 Saints Did for Lent

Melissa Keating

This is for all those who are having an existential crisis about their Lenten fast. Ultimately, your Lenten sacrifice should be something that brings you closer to God but sometimes...

5 Lenten Disciplines Inspired by Exodus 90 Spiritual Exercises

5 Lenten Disciplines Inspired by Exodus 90 Spir...

Nicholas LaBanca

The world is scandalized by many aspects of the Christian religion, foremost among them being the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said, following the example...

5 Lenten Disciplines Inspired by Exodus 90 Spir...

Nicholas LaBanca

The world is scandalized by many aspects of the Christian religion, foremost among them being the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said, following the example...