Lent

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Lent with St. Clare: Friday after Ash Wednesday

Franciscan Media February 24, 2023

“Gaze upon the mirror each day, O Queen and Spouse of Jesus Christ, and continually study your face within it.” —Fourth letter to Agnes of Prague

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Lent with St. Clare: Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Franciscan Media February 23, 2023

When Clare left her home, she was completely alone. For a brief time, she met with Francis and his brothers and then took refuge with a community of religious sisters. In essence, however, she was charting her own path.

Woman with ashes on her melon | Lent with St. Clare

Lent with St. Clare: Ash Wednesday

Franciscan Media February 22, 2023

Today is the start of our Lenten journey. On our foreheads we wear ashes, a sign that we are made of dust and to dust we shall return. Such an outward sign conveys a message that words do not.

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Making God Too Small

Jeremy Harrington, OFM January 30, 2023

At the start of any year, I am usually focused on St. Francis of Assisi and his wonderful appreciation of God and the natural world.

Ashes to Ashes

Christopher Heffron January 24, 2023

Lent is a season of solemn travel—toward God and with God. We at Franciscan Media are with you on the journey.

Father Kevin Regan of the Archdiocese of Washington demonstrates the granting of absolution that occurs during the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest, acting in the person of Christ, can absolve a person of their sins with their contrition, confession and penance. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (Feb. 5, 2013) See LENT-CONFESSION Jan. 30, 2013. Editors: Photo was taken for the purpose of illustration and not during an actual confession.

Lent and the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Jim Van Vurst, OFM March 4, 2022

Now that we are in the midst of the Lenten season, parishes will be offering several opportunities to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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COVID-19 and Our Lenten Challenge

Christopher Heffron February 28, 2022

By now it’s a cliché (it’s even become a trendy tattoo), but to “let go and let God” might be the best advice of all for us to follow.