Pope: Lent is time to let go of the frivolous, to choose truth, love
By Carol Glatz, CNS – What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial,...
Lent
First Sunday In Lent Reflection: Repent and Believe
Franciscan Reflections from The Hermitage – First Sunday In Lent Year A – In Search Of Authenticity – Matthew 4:1-11 Listen...
Mass Readings: 26 February – 5 March, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday February 26, First Sunday of Lent Gn 2:7-9; 3: 1-7/...
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...
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...
Ash Wednesday Prayer
Prayer for the observance of Ash Wednesday, the penitential day that begins the season of Lent
Mass Readings: 19 February – 26 February, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday February 19, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 19:1-2. 17-18/...
Creating a Catholic Culture
Dear Reader, Our bright cover this month depicts a reveller in a colourful costume at the Carnival in Rio. Like...
Pope: Victory is Not Raising a Flag on Pile of Rubble
By Carol Glatz – Jesus obeyed the most challenging of commandments: to love one’s enemies; and he invites humanity to...
