Tag: lent

A handwritten card is a sacrament. When it arrives in the mail, you hold in your hands the beautiful evidence that we are in relationship.

God asked me to make a sacrifice for Lent. Sacrifice also means something to Catholics, although, for most of us, it's usually fodder for comedians.

This Lent, I’m engaging in three prayer practices, each of which is holding unexpected gifts.

The day that begins the Lenten season is called Ash Wednesday. Here are four things to know about it.

The firing of a married gay Catholic-school teacher is the perfect opportunity to ask what - and who - we believe in.

It doesn't do any good for me to enter a conversation if I'm so tongue-tied that I cannot express, clearly and correctly, what I believe and why. That's just one more reason for Lent.

Fasting is not a way to seem more spiritual than others, it is to be done in a spirit of humility and joy. Lent/ fasting should not be a duty, but rather a celebration of God’s goodness and mercy to his children.