For Lent, Simcha Fisher writes that each of us should look to invite Jesus into the places where we try to keep him out. She writes: “I read a useful idea on Twitter from Father Cassidy Stinson…. He said: ‘Pro tip: if
Be ready for Mass on the First Sunday of Lent. Father Joshua Whitfield encourages us to stay strong to God’s word. In the readings from Genesis and Matthew, Father Whitfield writes: “The devil tests the Lord just as he tested Eve and
"Jesus is himself the way, and therefore, both in the liturgical journey (of Lent) and in the journey of the synod, the church does nothing other than enter ever more deeply and fully into the mystery of Christ the savior," the pope
We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. As Tom Hoopes explains in his Lenten reflection: “I have spent most of my life thinking of the Faith as a series of rules I have to live in conformity
Byzantine Rite Catholics have been preparing for Great Lent since January this year. The Sunday of Zacchaeus, which this year fell on Jan. 22 (or Jan. 29 for some parishes), is the first of the five Sundays of pre-Lenten Preparation, culminating with
As we journey through Lent, Benedictine Abbot Austin G. Murphy probes the question, “How is my Lent going?” He offers four ways in which self-denial can spiritually benefit us, along with some thoughts after each one on how to discern whether or
“Is it inevitable that we will become an ex-Christian society, or could the Church experience a renewal?” asks pastor and noted apologist Timothy Keller in a recent thought-provoking article in the Atlantic. Keller, a Protestant minister who became pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian
In his latest column, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, shares his family’s appreciation of the grocery store Aldi. But recently, he writes, “my OSV coworkers shared with me an Aldi trope I had not heard of: the aisle of
There is a legend from the 15th century of a knight’s fidelity to Our Blessed Mother and how Our Lady of the Vine shielded him. The account has it that this Christian knight of Viterbo, Italy, was defenseless when his enemies came
The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to take effect in a few weeks.
Starting Ash Wednesday -- which takes place this year on