Lent

View the latest calendar of parish fish fries throughout the diocese.

This Lent, what corporal work of mercy could you practice at home?

“If there’s effort at all — even if we think it’s measly or small — we are acknowledging that these 40 days are set apart in our year to more fully pay attention to the Lord’s movement in our lives.”

“Even several times in a single day, I find myself caught up in something trivial, something that took my heart elsewhere, instead of resting in God’s love. This holds especially true during Lent, as I realign my heart and my gaze on Jesus.”

The rite of receiving ashes helps people reflect on “the transience of our human condition,” the pope wrote in his homily.

In Lenten messages, Vietnamese bishops asked Catholics to be in communion with God and COVID-19 victims as a new wave of cases sweeps the country.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.

Christians must persevere in generously doing good in the world, bolstered by prayer and by fighting evil in their own lives, including an addiction to digital media, Pope Francis said.