This Life: We’re in it Together
Guest editorial by Michael Shackleton – This week we look at the call of Christians to put to death the […]
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Christian Living Church Easter Lent
Easter Lent
When is Giving Up Stuff Really a Lent Sacrifice?
For several years I gave up chocolate for Lent. The idea of going without chocolate for 40 days seemed like
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Easter Lent
Give of your Precious Time this Lent
Fr Ralph de Hahn, Cape Town – It is always helpful to receive good suggestions as to how to create
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Easter Lent
What’s the Difference Between Fasting and Abstinence?
Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus
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Easter Lent
25 Ways to Live By This Lent
How can we get the most out of Lent? Fr Michael Najim suggests 25 ways of living a spiritually enriching
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Easter Lent
Lent: Ok, What’s Almsgiving?
Although the word almsgiving does not come up much in regular conversation, Catholics hear it plenty during Lent since it
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Easter Fr Chris Townsend Lent Sin in our Lives
Lent as the Cure for Greed Addiction
I would never have thought of myself as greedy. It’s just not who I am — to myself. Yes, I
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Easter Lent
Fasting: Lent’s Heavy Artillery
There is no getting around fasting during Lent. Not only is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice
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Easter Lent Prayer
40 days of Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving to Jump-Start One’s Faith
Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, is often viewed as a time to give up something and go without meat
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