This year's Lent is drawing to a close, with just over a week left. See the remaining days and why Christians observe the 40-day period.

For those staying strong in their Lent fasting, you're nearing the halfway mark ... According to Christian teachings, Jesus was crucified, died and was buried, and on the third day — Easter Sunday — ...

Perhaps this also explains why lectionary compilers did not scruple to set Luke 13.1-9 (Lent 3) after Luke 13.31-35 (Lent 2), and why they make a single lection out of one encounter, reflecting on ...

Millions around the world continue to observe the 40-day period of Lent. Here's why some don't eat chicken on Fridays.

On this third Sunday of Lent, we are invited to become aware of God’s presence through living things like bushes and fig trees as well as in the contradictions that reveal divine mystery.

COMMENTARY: In this second part of Lent, we shift our focus. We are now called to unite ourselves to the Lord Jesus and ...

Being reconciled to the God of compassion is bound to have a transformative effect on the one who is reconciled, That person ...

You are unable to play this content as it is hosted by a third-party and we need your permission to use ... but again Jesus weeps over the city. The events of Palm Sunday are not the repentance that ...

Rarely do the first and second readings for Sunday match up thematically ... Sometimes new ideas require fresh images, especially when one tries to discern the signs and places where God was ...

There's a reason why Catholics cover statues, crosses, and even some artwork during Lent, and it has everything to do with ...

When is Easter in 2025? The date on which Easter is celebrated changes every year due to a complex calculation based on the ...

In what way? The Parable of the Fig Tree in the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent is a stark reminder that if we call ourselves Christian, there should be fruit in our lives— including the ...