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

Lent with St. Clare: Ash Wednesday

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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Woman looking at the sunrise | Image: Unsplash

Making God Too Small

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.
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Dear Reader: Ashes to Ashes

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. 
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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

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 ia a little bitch

COVID-19 and Our Lenten Challenge

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.
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Live in Me, Love in Me, Act in Me

February 28, 2022
Etched on the back of my mother's headstone are three simple prayers: "Lord, live in me, love in me, and act in me."
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ramadan and lent

What Ramadan Taught Me about Lent

February 25, 2022
An Islamic tradition sheds light on our own season of repentance.
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