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

Jerusalem seems to have repented. It is a tantalising moment of hope, but again Jesus weeps over the city. The events of Palm Sunday are not the repentance that will free them from their rivalries and ...

What is most significant is that the particular tradition of ‘Mothering Sunday’ – as found in the UK, Ireland and some ...

Four topics emerge from this Sunday's readings ... of an end to all forms of oppression plaguing the world today. The second topic, reconciliation, is the main theme of the reading from 2 Corinthians.

The variable nature of Mothering Sunday results from the fluctuating calendar of Lent, making its date different each year. In contrast, the US celebrates Mother’s Day on a fixed day, the second ...

I'm hoping that a softer approach to these 40 days will help prepare me for the more difficult ones I know are coming.

The Unexpected and Extraordinary News of the Gospel,” Father John Ricardo explains that faith requires a relationship with ...

Mark Katrick faith column: Lent is a time to focus your spiritual senses Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The one who first lands on Easter Sunday will be declared the winner.

Not many years before that, namely in 567, the second Council ... as they do in Lent. There are only in the Offices for the saints, whose feasts occur between November 14 and the Sunday nearest ...

shining signs of hope," he added in the message marking the second Sunday of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and reflection leading up to Easter. Sunday was the fifth time in a row the pope's ...

(OSV News/Reuters/Maynor Valenzuelaers) The Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent shares what happened when Jesus prayed (Luke 9:28-36). While all three synoptic accounts include the story of the ...