Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory ...

Lent is nearly halfway over, and millions are eagerly awaiting Easter Sunday. Here are the meanings behind the days and why people choose to fast.

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 ...

Mark and Matthew tell us that Jesus conversed with the two pillars of the Old Testament, Moses and Elijah, but Luke adds that our Lord spoke to them “about his exodus,” his coming death, again ...

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.

16 March, Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3.17-4.1; Luke 13.31-end COMMENTING on the opening section of this Gospel passage, Rudolf Bultmann confessed: “I have no explanation to offer of ...

Today, we hear the Genesis account of God's test of Abraham. Often when we think of Abraham as the man of great faith, we are remembering his leaving everything behind in order to go to the land ...

Tabor. Second Sunday of Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas. God is Light Archpriest Alexander Shargunov Second Sunday of Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas. God is Light Archpriest Alexander Shargunov On ...

Look. Look for opportunities to sacrifice, to give, to sow compassion or inspire hope. Look around you for those in need: the hungry, the poor, the outcast, the scorned. Seek opportunities to give ...

Welcome to our series of Lent and Easter reflections. The Reverend Mark Birch reflects on Peter’s denial of Jesus and how it is represented visually on the altar of the Lady Chapel with a crowing ...