Lent (event)
Indian Christian pastors hold palm leaves during a Palm Sunday procession in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on March 24, 2013. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent and the beginning of Holy week.
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rank and file clergy are very upset. The shocking thing is that Stevenson has shown no signs of repentance. He said he went through a period of personal discipline which is a bit like giving up chocolate for Lent. The woman he had an affair with, Tracey McRoberts is rector of St. Matthew's in the Shankill area of Belfast.
In Lent the idea of fasting and almsgiving is at the core of what the church believes and teaches. (Heifer Project) is just a great way, we think, for students to experience for the first time, in a really cushioned way within the school community, what that spirit of giving is like
Can I be one of the 1,057 pedants to point out that lent finishes on Palm Sunday rather than at Easter? No, not that kind of palm, Weird Uncle FiverMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Catholics observe Ash Wednesday, start of Lent
of 9/11 and it's still scary. Every day when I get on the bus I pray that God may give me strength to do the right thing."Lent is the season in which Christians prepare for Easter , the observance of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The faithful Read more »
Around the web
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NLM Reprint: Pentecost - The Grandest Octave?
* * * “…consider the breviary offices for Pentecost and its Octave, the grandest, perhaps in the whole year…” (Blessed John Henry Newman) Last year I read with great interest Gregory Dipippo’s article on the Octave of Pentecost. In the light of that, and from New Liturgical Movement Read more »
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Pascha, religious freedom, US reporting
It has been an especially precarious Lent and Holy Week in many parts of the Arab world. more from Patheos Blogs Read more »
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‘Christ is risen!’, for Greeks, Arabs, Russians & others
A blessed Pascha to the Orthodox readers of GetReligion. I hope you are recovering from the long, but glorious, week of services and the middle-of-the night rites and feasts. Personally, I think it is high time for a post-Great Lent barbecue run — from Patheos Blogs Read more »
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Orthodox Christians conclude Holy Week with Palm Sunday service
Panagiotes Mamangakis hasn't eaten meat or dairy in 40 days.Mamangakis, an Orthodox Christian, has been eating lentils, vegetables and other protein-rich foods since March in observance of Lent. The 19-year-old University of Florida sophomore breaks his from Gainesville Sun Read more »
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If you build confessionals, people will come … and use them
At Religion News Service there is something about confession and confessionals. Putting real confessionals in churches… that’s what I call promoting the New Evangelization. Let’s have a look at this excellent brick by brick story. DERBY, Conn. (RNS) The from What Does the Prayer Really Say Read more »
