Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Lent (a season of spiritual renewal) came early this year. Tony Campolo tells a parable of a boring, little town that decided to hold a footrace. One man fell to his knees, crying, ‘I have crossed the ...

The mystery of that great day had every right to the honor of being prepared for by prayer and ... to exhort the faithful to go to Communion on the Sundays, at least, of Lent and Advent; and ...

Christians around the world began the liturgical season of Lent. The start of Lent is determined by the date of Easter, which fluctuates from year to year. Easter is determined as ...

The act of gathering might be problematic for some communities, in which case you might try installing Lenten prayer stations in church, so that individuals can engage with a topic or theme in their ...

prayer and other religious activities leading up to Easter, the day believed to be when Jesus Christ rose from the dead to sit at the right hand of God. Johnston calls Lent a "period of ...

Robert Dobratz wrote the following devotion for a Lenten devotional booklet that was written by members of Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. His devotion appeared on March 1, 2008: ”Though the ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance ... Instead, the person should consider devoting the spare time to prayer or perhaps his family.

Their specific character is to be retained so that they duly nourish the piety of the faithful who celebrate the mysteries ... The Mass for Our Lady of Ransom did not have its own euchological prayers ...

In addition, there are non-denominational churches that may take portions of Lenten practices and incorporate them into their services. I’ve known such churches to promote the use of a 40-day ...

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has produced a seven-part video series that takes a deep dive into the beauty, form and meaning of the Mass. The series is designed in part to match up with ...

This past weekend my partner and I got together with a group of friends. We’ve been meeting every six weeks or so since 1982.