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When Catholic Puritans Ruin Lent

March 22, 2021

Some Catholics hate Lent, loathe Lent, because it was taught to them as a reason to hate themselves for being so bad.

What We Do (Or Don’t Do) For Lent

February 17, 2021

Our writers and others share their Lenten disciplines, experiences, or just their feelings about the whole thing. Some will surprise you. One watches comedy, because laughter is a sacrifice. Another is learning not to make rude jokes.

Ash Wednesday:…et in pulverem reverteris.

February 17, 2021

During the pandemic the air can feel as small and dry as the Eliot finds it at the outset of Ash Wednesday, and the will easily contracts, succumbing to a sort of lassitude that is neither care nor stillness.

Bishops of England and Wales urge society to “cultivate kindness” on World Day of the Sick

February 11, 2021

The Bishops of England and Wales have called for society to "cultivate kindness" in its treatment of the sick after a year of pain and suffering.

Catholics need to rediscover proper lenten fasting

March 15, 2018

Pope Benedict XIV wrote that the observance of Lent is the 'very badge of Christian warfare'

Lent is the perfect time to rediscover the rosary

February 16, 2018

Those who need guidance praying the rosary should try Fr Dwight Longenecker's book

Daily fasting and no dairy: how Eastern Catholics observe Lent

February 14, 2018

The Maronite Catholic Church asks for daily fasting from midnight to noon

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February 14, 2018

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