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Will you wash my feet?
… We can turn away or we can accept this baptism that seals our commitment to see the story of Lent, Holy Week and the Triduum to its dramatic conclusion at the Easter Vigil. What we …
More than 600 children abused in Baltimore archdiocese, new report finds
… ends April 10. That timeline meant the report became public during Holy Week, which concludes Lent and is considered the most sacred time of year in Christianity ahead of Easter Sunday. …
Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says
… Cindy Wooden … Catholic News Service … During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to …
Surely it is not I?
… Jr on April 4, 1968 . --------------------------------- … NCR Editor’s note … During Lent and Holy Week, many of the scripture readings will reflect the political and religious …
During Lent, some UK dioceses give up fossil fuel investments for good
… Brian Roewe … Throughout the 40 days of Lent this year, a group of Christians in the United Kingdom have prayed that their dioceses give … Upon adding them up, they had a formula for a new Lenten initiative. Each day during Lent, campaigners have highlighted one of the non-divested dioceses, directing prayers and social … Lichfield and Rochester, also announced divestment days before the campaign began. During Lent, the Hereford Diocese announced it will fully divest from fossil fuels by the end of 2023, …
This Holy Week, 'Touch the Wounds' invites us to be changed
… — like Thomas exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" after the Resurrection. And isn't that what Lent is about, at best? In this season, Halik invites readers to be disrupted by seeing God in …
What Lenten leftovers from mis tías taught me about death and resurrection
… Gustavo Arellano … Almost every Thursday this Lent, I've received the same call from my father. "¡ Mexicano! Tu tía cocinó para cuaresma, y te va mandar comida ." ("Mexican! Your aunt made food for Lent, and she's going to send you some.") He'll say this usually on Thursdays, always after … chefs who cook wonderful meals at the many family get-togethers they host year-round. But come Lent, they and millions of other Mexican moms work especially diligently to prepare a rotating …
What if we gave up nuclear weapons for Lent?
… communal "we" as disciples of the nonviolent Christ. What if we gave up nuclear weapons for Lent? Is this just an off-the-wall question? Or does it focus our attention on a central issue of … all this conflict, the quiet river of Catholic seasons flows, once more, into the season of Lent. We hear the usual question, "What are you giving up for Lent?" It may be a familiar question, but I believe it is the wrong question. To be clear, I …
Truth sets us free
… truth that sets us free. ---------------------------------------- … NCR Editor’s note … During Lent and Holy Week, many of the scripture readings will reflect the political and religious …
Q&A: Shaun Larcom on the effect of a return to meatless Fridays for UK Catholics
… obligation for Catholics to abstain from eating meat on Fridays year-round (not just during Lent). Rather, they had hoped that reintroducing the communal and visible practice would result … eating meat on other days of the week as well — Wednesdays and Saturdays and during Advent and Lent and lots of other times. But Friday, I think, has always been special in that it is a form … on this ancient tradition within the Catholic Church that could have the same impact. … During Lent, we often associate not eating meat with eating fish instead. In America, we even see fast …