Saturday, March 15, 2025 Deuteronomy 26:16-19 | Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 | Matthew 5:43-48“You are to be a people peculiarly His own.” —Deuteronomy 26:18The Lord owns everything because He created it...
Friday, March 14, 2025 Ezekiel 18:21-28 | Psalm 130:1-8 | Matthew 5:20-26“You say, ‘The Lord’s way is not fair!’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways...
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 | Psalm 138:1-3, 7-8 | Matthew 7:7-12“Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, likewise had recourse to the Lord.” —Esther C:12Esther was alone...
Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...