lent

You Can’t “Fast” from Facebook – The Three Kinds of Lent Fasting

Fans of St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual exercises will enjoy the three kinds of fasts, but more importantly, why there is no such thing as “fasting” from facebook.

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Ever Get Tempted to Give up Catholics for Lent?

I get a little edgier this time of year every year now. It’s because of the stupid, vapid advice I see repeated about lent. The Forum has posted a lot of good posts about lent on social channels recently. One was this piece of gold by Cindy Paslawski. In it, she asks whether traditional lent is optional. And she…

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Lent Day 46: Easter Eve — The Entombment.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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icon of St. Mary of Egypt. Above her is Our Lord in the heavens, but it appears that cabbages makes the clouds beneath Him. Scenes depict her life, including Zosimas's burial aided by the lion

Good Friday Audio: The Story of St. Mary of Egypt

If you are looking for something fruitful to consider on Good Friday today, in addition to the Stations of the Cross and the lent meditations we have, this little audio is a refreshing story of just what Christ purchased by suffering the Cross, the spitting, the insults, and death for us. In the prayers for…

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Lent Day 45: Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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Lent Day 44: Maundy Thursday— Jesus’ Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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Lent Day 43: Wednesday in Holy Week — The Death of Jesus.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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Lent Day 42: Tuesday in Holy Week— The Thirst upon the Cross.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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Lent Day 41: Monday in Holy Week — The Dereliction of Jesus on the Cross.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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Lent Day 40: The Sixth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Commends His Disciples to His Holy Mother’s Care.

Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!

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