The second Sunday of Lent means that the liturgical season leading up to Easter is a third of the way over, Fr. Ambrose Criste, O.Praem., told Fox News Digital.

Just as the First Sunday of Lent’s Gospel is always Jesus’ Temptation in the Desert, so the Second Sunday’s is always his Transfiguration. The Church officially celebrates the Solemnity of ...

The Second Sunday of Lent is observed by the faithful all over the world on Sunday, March 5, 2023. This special day in the faith calendar is a time to slow down and consider God's blessings, a ...

The Gospel of the Transfiguration on the Second Sunday of Lent, although a liturgical tradition, is somewhat chronologically misleading: other events that we have heard about this year, like Jesus ...

Second Sunday of Lent. March 16, 2025. Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 9:28b-36. This revelation felt like the culmination of all that the disciples needed to know about ...

Second Sunday of Lent. by Ed Hays. View Author Profile. Join the Conversation. Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more. March 6, 2009.

Second Sunday of Lent Reflection. ... In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, the disciples see Jesus as God always sees him. They had only known the carpenter, or teacher, or reformer, or prophet. Jesus was ...

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B) Readings. Gn 22:1-18; Ps 116; Rom 8:31-34; Mk 9:2-10. Prayer. Are you open to answering God’s call? Whom do you consult for guidance and clarity?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Church celebrations to mark the night before Lent go by many names -- Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras or its English translation, which is Fat Tuesday, to name a few -- but the ...

This Sunday’s second reading provides another example of the strangeness of this presence. “For many,” says Paul, “conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ” (Phil 3:18).