Tag: Lent

If Lent’s not going well, don’t worry. We see the perfect description of the “journey” of Lent every Friday in the Stations of Cross.

Tom Hoopes reflects on how Catholic nostalgia for Lenten Friday has shaped his life, and the lives of every Catholic generation. “What nostalgia does,” he explains, “is it strips away all the

What if your human nature is not something you have to fight against, but something very good that prayer, fasting, and almsgiving uncover?

We’ve washed the ashes from our foreheads.  The fun part is over, and it’s a long ways off until Easter.  Faced with a Lenten season, and a Lenten promise, it’s easy to

The readings for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday point directly at our Lenten goal of Easter renewal and at the obstacles that stand in our way: pride, vanity, and sensuality.

“We have walked your Way of the Cross with you, Lord. Now please walk our way of the cross with us. We know the future is safe in your hands.”

The penitential season of Lent is here, and it helps to review the whys of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving before settling on what to do.

The best movie for Lent might be an hour of Adoration and no movie at all. But if you like to teach lessons with movies, like I do, try these.

The greatest sign of love known to man isn’t a chocolate heart. 

Why do we pretend things that happened a long, long time ago are happening right now? I brought my question to the Theology floor at Benedictine College.