by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“… disciples of John approached Jesus and said, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but Your Disciples do not fast?’ Jesus answered … ‘Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away … then they will fast.’”
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“The 2019 Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6, for Latin-rite Catholics with Easter Sunday on April 21. During Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer and reading Scripture, to service by giving alms, and to sacrifice self-control through fasting. Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent,
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“… you will recall reading or hearing about the three ways of doing penance: fasting, prayer, alms-giving. … These holy practices are important and salutary, as Our Lord Jesus Himself instructs us (St. Matthew 6:1-18). In making use of these practices, it is essential that we have a plan for Lent, some sort of program for ourselves, for without that,
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Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings] 6
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From Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be Raised.’ … He said to all, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For
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“… We are invited to effect a real conversion and renewal of life during the period of Lent by fasting, penance, and reconciliation. …”
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“… Jesus stayed in the desert for 40 days. When he left the desert, he began calling his disciples and apostles, as the mission that led to his crucifixion had begun. The Church says that Lent is a 40-day period of unity with “the mystery of Jesus in the desert.” By sacrificing small things, as well as fasting, praying, and
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