Tuesday, March 19, 2024St. Joseph2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 | Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 | Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29“Your father and I have been searching for You in sorrow.” —Luke 2:48When we see a picture of...
Monday, March 18, 2024St. Cyril of JerusalemDaniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 | Psalm 23:1-6 | John 8:1-11“Nor do I condemn you. You may go.” —John 8:11Today’s Gospel account focuses on the woman...
Sunday, March 17, 2024Fifth Sunday of LentJeremiah 31:31-34 | Hebrews 5:7-9 | Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15“The man who loves his life loses it, while the man who hates his life in this world preserves it to...
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...
Ash Wednesday 2024: 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 2024, 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...
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