Lenten

Ash Wednesday Mass at the downtown parish has become a staple of the Lenten season, just like abstaining from meat on Fridays or committing to a Lenten promise.

Pre-Lenten period main Before the forty days of Great Lent commence, there is a three-week Pre-Lenten season, to prepare the faithful for the spiritual work they are to accomplish during the Great Fast.

This theme of "Lenten joy" is also found in many of the hymns of the Triodion, such as the stichera which begin with the words: "The Lenten Spring has dawned!..

Easter is a big annual event for Christians worldwide, marking the end of 40 days of fasting, sacrifice, self-discipline, repentance, the forgiveness of sins, and salvation known as the Lenten Season.

Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

Prior to the first day of Lent, Shrovetide is a time for Christians to reflect on the sacrifices they are willing to make during the Lenten season.

The focus of the Lenten series is very much the Gospel of Christ, and how parishioners can spiritually prepare themselves for Easter.

The interview hit on several topics, including his own Lenten practices, the danger of duplicity, why he will never deny his faith.

The liturgy today provides us with a few things which may help us on our Lenten journey.

There are a few more days to indulge in Mardi Gras food and drink specials before the fasting of Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, which is the official start of Lenten season when those observing go meatless on Fridays for 40 days leading up to Easter.

The Rev. Anthony Thompson (center) smiles while looking at the Rev. Marshall Blalock after the Community Lenten Series at St. Michael’s Church on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Charleston.

The second of the two long lines were generated by the faithful who welcomed in the Lenten Season with crawfish from various crawfish boiling houses and restaurants around the state.

Choosing the theme “Walking in the New Life,” the pope said that the Lenten journey is a moment of interior reflection and transformation and that God never tires of forgiving.

During this Lenten season of reflection, let’s give up being cruel to animals, who are, the other – quiet partners of our daily existence and sustenance.

Henry (front, third left) and Constantine, on his right, join the participants for a warm-up session before the start of the Lenten Walk.

I’ve done well on keeping meatless Wednesdays (and Fridays, of course), reading eight pages a day in a Lenten book, sending a donation each week to a charity and not buying anything except groceries.

Miller and Alicia Venter won third place in this year’s entry Hot Topic-Eucharistic Revival for their coverage of a New York state Eucharistic revival, a Lenten pilgrimage, and a parish revival.

One of my Lenten goals is to cut back on the internet to almost nothing.

Senator Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, congratulated Christians for the successful completion of the Lenten season, a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer that culminated in the Easter celebration.

The purpose of the Lenten Pilgrimage in part was to refocus Catholics’ faith in preparation for Easter.