A Catholic Lent feature with a 2009 Lenten calendar updated daily from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week and Good Friday.
Lent
Franciscan Communications: YouTube for Lent
Lenten Catholic Treasures with Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.
“What Are Catholics Doing for Lent?”
“Lent Is a Catholic Thing”
Lenten Radio Retreat
Experience
a Franciscan Radio Retreat this Lent, led each week by a Catholic
bishop. Listen to inspiring words and songs for Sunday Lenten
reflection either online or offline with your iPod. Take this
opportunity to focus clearly on your spiritual journey to the
Resurrection each week—beginning Ash Wednesday.
Sunday Soundbites
What Is Lent?
First Sunday of Lent—Good or Evil
Second Sunday of Lent—Say Yes to God
Third Sunday of Lent—Living Water
Fourth Sunday of Lent—Seeing the Light
Fifth Sunday of Lent—Our Final Moments
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion—An End to Hatred
Lent 2009 News
The
AmericanCatholic.org Lent news feature focuses on coverage of the
ongoing events of the lenten season from the Vatican and throughout the
world that runs from Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, until the Easter triduum,
marking the days of Jesus’ passion and Resurrection, and through Easter
Sunday, April 12.
FAQs About Lent
Why
do Catholics fast and give things up during Lent? Why are there ashes
on Ash Wednesday and palms on Palm Sunday? When does Lent end? Find the
answers to these and other frequently asked questions here.
Day by Day Through Lent: Fasting From Our Clutter
Reflect on clearing clutter from your life this season of Lent. This Catholic Update
offers ways to fast from our personal habits, the clutter in our homes,
our spiritual clutter and the confusion of our culture as we prepare
for Easter.
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross are a Catholic custom of Lent that commemorates the passion of Jesus on Good Friday.
More Lenten Inspiration
Mardi Gras: Catholic Roots, Carnival and Ordinary Time
Agony in the Garden: Understanding Jesus’ Passion
Ash Wednesday: Church Customs, Penance and Bible Readings
Lent: More Than Penance, by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Triduum Rituals: Washing of the Feet, Veneration of the Cross and Baptism
Lenten and Easter e-cards
New! Lenten Resources
‘Terra Sancta: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Holy Land’
Explore
the holy places of Jesus’ life, death and Resurrection. The Holy Land
represents the birthplace of Christianity. This guide offers a city by
city, site by site “armchair pilgrimage” through the land of the Bible.
Listen to a clip from the DVD here.
Confronting Illusion
Lent
is a time of self-reflection, of holding up a spiritual mirror in which
to view ourselves and our world. In this excerpt from introductory
volume of the St. Anthony Messenger Press eight-book “Called to Holiness: Spirituality for Catholic Women” series, Making Sense of God, Elizabeth Dreyer guides us to look inward, to confront the illusions in our lives and see where change is needed.
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