Ash Wednesday Sermon: Inner Attitudes: Prayer-Fasting-Almsgiving-Love
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB First Reading: Joel 2: 12-18 Psalm: Psalms 51: 3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14, 17 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5: 20-6:2 Gospel: Matthew 6:...
Category: Ash Wednesday
SACBC Lenten Appeal 2021
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another…” (1 Jn. 4:11). I...
Ash Wednesday: The Beginning of the Way Through
By Chris McDonnell So many of the pieces created by the Yorkshire sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) involve the piercing of wood or stone, finding a way through...
Pope to Celebrate Ash Wednesday at Vatican, Skipping Station Churches
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass February 17 in St Peter’s Basilica rather than making the traditional walk from the Church of...
For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to ‘sprinkle’ ashes on heads
The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, February 17, including...
Pope: Lent Is A Time To Reflect On God’s Love, Not ‘Useless Sermons’
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Ashes not only symbolise humanity’s frail mortality but are also a reminder of God’s infinite love of people, whom he created from dust,...
A Few Things To Know About Ash Wednesday
By Mark Pattison – Ash Wednesday is on February 26 this year. Here are some things to know about Ash Wednesday and the kickoff to Lent. In the...
You Call That Fasting? The Season Of Amazing Grace
In Lent we are called to fast—but do we fast well? FR RALPH DE HAHN reflects on the pitfalls and the graces of fasting. Many of the great spiritual writers tell...
Ash Wednesday Special this Year in Ghana
This year’s Lent has special significance because Ash Wednesday, March 6, marks the celebration of Ghana’s 62nd anniversary of independence, said the Ghana Bishops’ Conference. “We consider...
Palms to Ashes: A few things to know about Ash Wednesday
Here are some things to know about Ash Wednesday and the kickoff to Lent: In the Table of Liturgical Days, which ranks the different liturgical celebrations and...
