MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR LENT 2024 Through the Desert God Leads us to Freedom Dear brothers and sisters! When our God reveals...
Ash Wednesday
POPE BENEDICT XVI ON ASH WEDNESDAY
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POPE BENEDICT XVI ON ASH WEDNESDAY HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI on Ash Wednesday, 1st March 2006 Your Eminences,Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and...
ASH WEDNESDAY MASS PRAYERS AND READINGS.
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ASH WEDNESDAY MASS PRAYERS AND READINGS. In the course of today’s Mass, ashes are blessed and imposed. These are made from the olive branches...
ASH WEDNESDAY GOSPEL COMMENTARY.
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ASH WEDNESDAY GOSPEL COMMENTARY. ASH WEDNESDAY GOSPELMt 6:1–6 16–18 Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that...
POPE FRANCIS ON ASH WEDNESDAY. HOMILIES
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POPE FRANCIS ON ASH WEDNESDAY: HOMILIES HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISBasilica of Santa SabinaAsh Wednesday, 14 February 2024 ______________________________ When you give alms,...
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE: CHURCH LAW. IMPORTANT FACTS. DISPENSATION Below you have some important facts on fasting and abstinence. FASTING AND ABSTINENCE: CHURCH LAW. IMPORTANT...
ASH WEDNESDAY 2024RITE OF IMPOSITION OF ASHES OUTSIDE THE MASS. (UPDATED FOR THE PANDEMIC CRISIS). ENTRANCE ANTIPHONYou are merciful to all, O Lord, and...
"THE CONVERSION OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD." An Ash Wednesday and Lenten homily from St. Josemaria.
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“THE CONVERSION OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD.” An Ash Wednesday and Lenten homily from St. Josemaria. We are at the beginning of Lent: a...
ASH WEDNESDAY: WHY THE ASHES? WHAT DOES THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES MEAN? 1. THE ASHES SYMBOLIZE REPENTANCE FROM OUR SINS: “Then I turned to...
ASH WEDNESDAY (Fasting and Abstinence*). WHAT IS LENT? WHY THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES? OUTLINE “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and...