A Homily for the First Sunday of Lent
Lent
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Joe Biden attends Ash Wednesday Mass celebrated in Warsaw hotel room by anti-communist priest
“Today, I join Christians worldwide in observing Ash Wednesday,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “The Lenten season is a time for reflection and discernment and an opportunity to recommit ourselves to God and to one another.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Ash Wednesday: a great idea about what’s right with us
History and Ash Wednesday illustrate a mutual truth: Ideas are much easier to suggest than to suppress.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Catholics love Lent. How can we keep them coming back for more?
Each Ash Wednesday, our pews are overflowing. How can we turn our Lenten promises into a dialogue with those who might not usually attend Mass outside of this day?
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Looking for Lenten reading? America had some suggestions over the years.
What book will you pick up this Lent? America editors have never been shy about making recommendations on this topic, and over the years, various contributors have also given suggestions on everything from Scripture to novels to devotional reading and more.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: The subversive history of Black Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is not only Catholic, it’s French, Creole, African-American, African and Native American. And there are layers to this ornate carnival that reveal a powerful history of Black joy, resistance and rebellion.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Lent (and the synod) must lead us to transformation
In his Lenten message for 2023, Pope Francis compares the ongoing synodal process to the strenuous mountain trek embarked in the Gospel of Transfiguration, with what awaits us at the end better revealing God’s will and our mission to the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Holy Thursday
I can sit at your
feet, and feel the troubled
waters of my body
still
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‘What should I give up for Lent?’ is the wrong question to start with.
“What should I do for Lent?” That’s the wrong question. Rather, it is not the first question we should ask. It is the last one. Let me explain.
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Confession: The Act of Contrition and words of absolution to get new translations starting this Lent
The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to take effect in a few weeks.