Thursday, March 20, 2025 Jeremiah 17:5-10 | Psalm 1:1-4, 6 | Luke 16:19-31“I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart.” —Jeremiah 17:10God uses the poor and lowly as His probes. In today’s...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025St. Joseph2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 or Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 | Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24 or Luke 2:41-51 | “Your father and I have been searching for...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025St. Cyril of JerusalemIsaiah 1:10, 16-20 | Psalm 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23 | Matthew 23:1-12“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, but whoever humbles himself shall be exalted....
Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...