The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival ...

There is a Christian tradition of giving something up during Lent − often something that is not good for you, such as eating too much chocolate or binge-watching television. Several years ago ...

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

WEBSITES and commentaries tell us that windstorms are common on the Sea of Galilee. The surrounding geography apparently creates wind funnels, as air is forced through a narrow space. But Luke is no ...

We long to eliminate from our lives all that causes pain. Yet our wounds can be a source of power, healing and joy We long to eliminate from our lives all that causes pain. Yet our wounds can be a ...

The holiday, which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ for Christians, is preceded by a season of prayer and fasting known as Lent. According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, the most common ...

Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday falls on changes year to year and with it the dates of Ash Wednesday, Lent and associated ... in the shape of a cross by a priest, pastor or ...

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Scroll through this page of poetry on the theme of Lent, or click on a title below to jump to that ... Could I have borne the monstrous cross for You, I would have carried it unto my death. Though I ...