Visiting the sick or home-bound is an art of virtue that deepens your Lenten experience. It’s just one of the many ways we can use Lent to refocus and brush away what may have been preventing us from following Jesus.
Church / Eucharist / Mass / Pope Francis
In his main talk, the pope continued his series on the Mass, focusing on the Liturgy of the Eucharist, which begins with the preparation of the gifts of bread and wine that are then consecrated and distributed to the faithful at holy Communion.
Jerusalem’s most famous Christian church, shared by three denominations, is unlocked each morning by a Muslim. Since the seventh century, the family of Wajeeh Nuseibeh, 69, has handed down the responsibility of opening the door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
While Pope Francis thinks Blessed Paul VI wrote “the greatest pastoral document that has ever been written,” great writing does not make a pope a saint.
Lent is intended to be a season of ongoing conversion for the baptised, as well as of increasing conformity to the message of the Gospel. But it’s not only a season of self-denial – its all about what we learn in the experience too…
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have...
A confirmation group in Durban held an overnight retreat at the Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) to be inspired by the late archbishop after whom the centre is named.
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, March 4, 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17, Psalms 19:8-11, 1 Corinthians...
We are now entering the stage of Lent in which we tend to falter a little in keeping to our Lenten vows. The temptation to just forget about them for a few minutes (or hours, or days, etc), or the feeling of outright giving up because you believe you simply cannot commit to your resolutions becomes strong.
