The closing section of Psalm 22 is a curious choice for the second Sunday in Lent. Many churches use this psalm extensively during Holy Week, especially because Jesus quotes its first line from the ...

Third, Lent is a great time to spend time with holy scripture. You might like to read one of the Gospels over the season of Lent. Or perhaps you’ll want to read all 150 psalms.

“The Psalms contain our words to God; our pain, fears, doubts and delights. But the Psalms also assure us that we will be heard, respected and forgiven,” Hoover said. The first week will be focused on ...

We’re already heading past the second week of Lent, and Easter is not that far away, on March 31. Whether you observed Ash Wednesday on Feb. 14 or chose to focus on your valentine, and even if ...

Sunday, March 16, is the Second Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17-4:1 or Philippians 3:20-4:1; Luke 9:28b-36. The event of the ...

We’re already heading past the second week of Lent, and Easter is not that far away, on March 31. Whether you observed Ash Wednesday on Feb. 14 or chose to focus on your valentine, and even if ...

As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season. Vestments highlight the liturgical color of ‘violet’ used these 40 days ...

JOHN HOLDSWORTH’s Hidden in Plain Sight: Unearthing and earthing the Psalms (Sacristy Press, £12.99 (); 978-1-78959-319-8). 978-1-78959-319-8) originated as Lent talks and can be used by groups in ...

Lent is a time of Prayer and meditation. Fasting and psalm giving are ways of reconciliation with God for believers as well as with others and self.