“Why are Your Robes Red?”
The First Sunday of Lent from Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals provides several resources of meditation on the Gospel of the first of the Sundays in Lent as we launch into the first...
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From the Pulpit, Episode 45: Ashes, Stations, Saint Matthias, and Penance
Father Charles McGuire discusses the meaning of why we are blessed with ash on the first day of Lent. He also instructs us how we are to pray the Stations of the Cross during...
Dust and Ashes
Ash Wednesday is upon us, bringing with it the Lenten season. Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals shares an excellent dissertation, Ash Wednesday, by Rev. James Luke Meagher, expounding upon the traditional significance and...
Be not as the Hypocrites: leaning into Lent
Morning: Espresso. Croissant. Afternoon: Cafe au lait. Evening: I sat in the pew driving out the thoughts of the day. Trying to get focused and quiet in my mind. My fellow Christians are on...
From the Disordered Cause to the Natural Sufferings That Follow
The Holy Face Don’t ignore the determinant cause of suffering, lest you overturn the natural order. This piece for The Catholic Thing shows how this can happen, beginning with an explanation of compassion. “Lent...
For We are Cleansed by Prayer
St. Casimir A Childlike Encounter with God: Writing for NLM, Peter Kwasniewski outlines a method for implementing the practice of lectio divina,otherwise known as praying with the Scriptures, during Lent and hopefully beyond. “Fr.”...
Lent and the Spirit of Sacrifice
Ed: As it is normative to have priests, not laypeople, discussing the importance of Lent, I commissioned Fr. McKenna to do an article for TR. I present this to you at the beginning of...
The Tears I Laid Before His Shrine
St. Alexander The Catholic Gentleman continues its Lent preparation series with a post on prayer, which explains how to pray in five manageable steps. Fasting in a way that is pleasing to God is...
The Liturgical Year, Episode 2: Ember Days and Ash Wednesday
On this episode of The Liturgical Year, we get ready for Lent next month, and Father will tackle two penitential feasts: the Ember Days and the start of Quadragesima itself: Ash Wednesday. Learn about this history of...
