Cardinal Brislin Calls for Renewal and Repentance at Ash Wednesday Mass
By Kati Dijane – The faithful gathered at Christ the King Cathedral in central Johannesburg to mark Ash Wednesday on...
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
Prayer for today’s Ash Wednesday – a holy day of prayer and fasting🙏 to prepare our hearts for Christ’s Resurrection.
Should I Wear Ashes All Day?
Question: We have all heard the injunction from Matthew’s Gospel, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that...
Pope Marks Ash Wednesday in hospital, receiving ashes, Eucharist
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday on his 20th day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital by taking...
Pope’s Lent Message: We are Pilgrims in this Life
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Pope Francis urged Christians to examine their consciences in Lent by comparing their daily lives...
Prayer for Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday begins our 40-day Lenten observance leading up to Easter – it’s a time of transformation and reflection –...
Mass Readings: 2 March – 9 March
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year I Sunday March 2, 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 27: 4-7/...
A Time to Reflect on Ash
Lent, the season of repentance is the time to reflect seriously on the words used when the ashes stain our foreheads, namely, that we come from the dust of the earth and will go back there
This Ash Wednesday, Let Love Reign
An Ash Wednesday reflection by Günther Simmermacher By a quirk of the calendar, this year Ash Wednesday coincides with Valentine’s...
