Amid the midsemester rush of midterms and papers, and the final push of so much activity before spring break, Wednesday marked a turning point for the Christian community. It was Ash Wednesday, the ...

A woman wearing a protective mask prays during Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 6, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, Reuters) Journey through ...

The season of Lent is upon us. This is a holy season for Christians who seek to identify with Jesus Christ’s 40 days of fasting as he prepared to be tested and later crucified. In order to identify ...

For me, Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter, is about periodic self-examination, reflection, and a deep look at life with intention and commitment to live forward with greater meaning.

Lent is not only a time of self denial but also of transformation. Six saints and blesseds have offered the following profound reflections on how to live this time authentically through fasting and ...

There is a literary pattern found in the ancient stories of the Bible concerning the number 40. The most famous ones involve Moses leading Israel out of Egyptian slavery into freedom, the tribes ...

This is going to be a COVID-19 kind of Lent, and that may be one of the best things that ever happens to our spiritual lives. COVID-19 landed in the middle of our very busy selves and turned them ...

If you see people walking around with black smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, it's there for a reason: Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent for Christians. Ash Wednesday is ...

Each season of the church year offers its own unique framework for spiritual contemplation. In a few days, we will enter into the time of Lent, lasting from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week. The name ...

While most years the season of Lent feels as though it crept up on me, this year's unusually early arrival of Ash Wednesday and the formal launch of this liturgical time of penance and prayer has ...