CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Lent 2018: February 14 – April 1” – USCCB
“Lent summons us, and enables us, to come back to the Lord wholeheartedly and in every aspect of our life.”
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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “Lenten exercises: “Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God” (Jl 2:13)” – Saint Pope Leo the Great, 10th Homily for Lent (SC 49 rev)/DailyGospel
“… although any time is suitable for the exercise of the virtue of charity, it is more especially urged on us by this present season. … those who long to receive the Lord’s Pasch with bodies and souls made holy must strive earnestly to acquire this grace which includes the sum of all virtues and ‘covers a multitude of sins’
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: Archdiocese of Chicago: “Ash Wednesday [and Saint Valentine’s Day] Announcement”
The Archdiocese of Chicago issued a statement noting that Ash Wednesday 2018 falls on February 14, a day on which many persons still celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, but declared that no dispensation would be granted from the requirements of fasting and abstinence from meat. “In view of the significance of Ash Wednesday the obligation of fast and abstinence must naturally
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “The Best Lent Ever” – Archbishop William E. Lori/ Catholic Review
“… the word ‘Lent’ does not pertain to darkness or despair. … The original meaning … has to do with springtime. … Lent … represents a new springtime in our spiritual lives. … when the darkness of sin is to give way to new Light of Grace. … Lenten practices … are harbingers of hope for a more Christ-centered way
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Archbishop Chaput: The Triduum and Easter 2017” – Catholic Philly/Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
“… This year and every year, Holy Week is a time to remember that, as the late Cardinal Augustin Mayer once said, ‘nothing great is ever achieved without suffering.’ Discipleship always has a cost. No Christian ever lives the Gospel without eventually encountering the cross. …”
» Read moreVIDEO: Catholic TV Mass Readings and Homily: Monday of Holy Week 4.10.17 – EWTN (Alabama)
Catholic TV Mass Readings and Homily for Monday of Holy Week, April 10, 2017, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Sermon for Palm Sunday”/”Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord” – Blessed Guerric of Igny (c.1080-1157), Cistercian abbot
“… If we consider today’s procession and the Passion together, we see Jesus sublime and glorious on one hand, and humiliated and suffering on the other. For in the procession he receives royal honors and in the Passion he is mortified as a criminal. … Lord Jesus, whether your face be glorious or humiliated, we always see wisdom shining in it.
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily of Saint John Paul II, Palm Sunday, 28 March 1999”
“… Yes! #Jesus #Christ is Lord! He is the Lord of time and history, the Redeemer and the Saviour of man. Blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord! #Hosanna! …”
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “See What the End Shall Be – Palm Sunday” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope
“… The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, and the recruited crowd shouting, ‘Crucify him!’) are unambiguously wicked and display their sinfulness openly; but there are others involved whose struggles and neglectfulness, though more subtle, are no less real. It is in examining these figures that we can learn a great deal about ourselves. Although we may not openly shout,
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI: CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD 2011”
“… We are on pilgrimage with the Lord to the heights. We are striving for pure hearts and clean hands, we are seeking truth, we are seeking the face of God. Let us show the Lord that we desire to be righteous, and let us ask him: Draw us upwards! Make us pure! Grant that the words which we sang
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