Lent

Easter Sunday REFLECTION. Origin of word Easter

Lenten readings: JESUS CHRIST PURIFIES AND PERFECTS ALL HUMAN ACTIVITY THROUGH HIS CROSS AND RESURRECTION. 3 min read

Lenten readings: JESUS CHRIST PURIFIES AND PERFECTS ALL HUMAN ACTIVITY THROUGH HIS CROSS AND RESURRECTION.

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

Lenten readings: All human activity is to find its purification in the Paschal mystery (2nd Vatican Council, Gaudium et spes) The result is that...

passion of our lord Friday devotion EASTER TUESDAY READING

Lenten reading: CONTEMPLATING CHRIST’S PASSION (St. Leo the Great). 3 min read

Lenten reading: CONTEMPLATING CHRIST’S PASSION (St. Leo the Great).

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

Lenten readings:CONTEMPLATING CHRIST’S PASSION (St. Leo the Great). True reverence for the Lord’s passion means fixing the eyes of our heart on Jesus crucified...

WHY WE NEED TO GO TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY? HERE ARE SOME 5 GOOD REASONS 3 min read

WHY WE NEED TO GO TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY? HERE ARE SOME 5 GOOD REASONS

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

WHY WE NEED TO GO TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY? HERE ARE SOME 5 GOOD REASONS Sunday is the day of the Lord. God told...

24 HOURS FOR THE LORD. JOIN AND PRAY FOR THE WORLD. 1 min read

24 HOURS FOR THE LORD. JOIN AND PRAY FOR THE WORLD.

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

24 HOURS FOR THE LORD. JOIN AND PRAY FOR THE WORLD BATTLING VS. COVID-19. Edited March, 18, 2020. Dear brethren in Christ, in preparation...

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 4th sunday of lent year C

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON 5 min read

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON

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Pope Francis on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. OUTLINE/ LINKS THE AMAZING GIFT OF FREEDOM AND GOD’S TENDERNESS TOWARDS THE PRODIGAL SON. THE...

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE 4 min read

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Here is a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave March 24, 2019,...

HOLD FAST TO GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOOD (St. Ambrose). 3 min read

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HOLD FAST TO GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOOD (St. Ambrose).

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HOLD FAST TO GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOOD (St. Ambrose). Where a man’s heart is, there is his treasure also. God is not accustomed...

Lenten reading: THE MEANING OF THE “FEAR OF THE LORD” (St. Hilary of Poitiers). 3 min read

Lenten reading: THE MEANING OF THE “FEAR OF THE LORD” (St. Hilary of Poitiers).

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

Lenten reading:THE MEANING OF THE “FEAR OF THE LORD”(St. Hilary of Poitiers). Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. Notice...

Pope Francis 1st Sunday of Lent 2015: “Lent is a time of combat! A spiritual combat against the spirit of evil .” 3 min read

Lent

Pope Francis 1st Sunday of Lent 2015: “Lent is a time of combat! A spiritual combat against the spirit of evil .”

catholicsstrivingforholiness 6 years ago

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter’s Square First Sunday of Lent, 22 February 2015 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Last Wednesday, with the rite...