Jesus was part of the crowd around John and was baptized by John. In Luke’s account, in prayer and subsequent to his baptism, ...

This Lent, sales of The Way by Saint Josemaría Escrivá have skyrocketed thanks to Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge, with ...

Anna Fitch Courie, a nurse who specializes in the intersection of health and spirituality, suggests that women—and men—should literally hoof it through Lent. Her book Walking with God ...

Lent books by Black authors With so much to consider, it can be helpful to consult some of the latest books on the subject. All of them listed here are written by African American authors.

In St. Benedict’s “Rule,” written in the sixth century, a key recommendation for Lent is that all the monks and nuns read a book. In Chapter 48, the founder of the Benedictines wrote ...

Henri Nouwen, the Dutch Catholic priest and theologian who died in 1996, has long interested me as an accessibly profound ...

Amen." — "First Sunday in Lent," Book of Common Prayer 3. "We choose to remember, Lord, that You are with us. We choose to remember that nothing can steal our worship and nothing can take our ...

Overview: An ancient spiritual practice, fasting can range from rejecting food and water to giving up a favorite TV show during the 40 days of Lent. Along with prayer and reading of Scripture, the ...