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
Ash Wednesday
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 Day. For some Catholics, this may present...
Prayer-Fasting-Almsgiving-Love: Ash Wednesday
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Ash Wednesday Sermon and Christian Act in The Word Theme: “You are dust and to the dust, you shall return” “True Interior...
Fr John Allen Green OFM: A Personal Ash Wednesday & Lenten reflection
Franciscan Reflections From The Hermitage – Mystical Union within the Song of Genesis – An Ash Wednesday & Lenten reflection At that time the disciples approached Jesus and said,...
5 Ways to Balance Out Ash Wednesday/Valentine’s Day
The last time Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fell together on the same day was in 2018 and before that in 1945. This may be a cause...
The Fast that Pleases God
Are you wondering what to fast from this Lent – sweets? alcohol, or just simply eating less? This kind of fasting has its place, but if you...
Mass Readings: 11 February – 18 February, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday February 11, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 13: 1-2. 44-46/ Ps 32: 1-2. 5. 11 (7)/...
Unexpected Miracles
Dear Reader, Our cover story this month is on Lourdes, the site of Our Lady’s reported apparitions in 1858 to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. Apart from...
How We Can Serve the Church in Lent
The annual Lenten Appeal is an institution in the Southern African Catholic Church. Fr Hugh O’Connor explains why it is so important that Catholics support the Lenten Appeal...
Pope: Lenten journeys require effort, sacrifice, focusing on God
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Tradition is a source of inspiration for seeking out new paths to take with Jesus and for avoiding the traps of stagnation...
