Lent’s mortifications are getting a little, um, much right about now, aren’t they? We’re in 33 days, by the Western church’s count, and those meatless Fridays, those extra p… ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, begins a time of deep reflection for Christians leading to rejoicing in Christ's resurrection at Easter. Believers seeking insight and inspiration in these 40 ...

For many Christians, Lent is a time for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. For religion publishers, it’s a time to release new titles aimed at helping the spiritually minded gain a new perspective ...

THIS year’s most challenging Lent book is Isabelle Hamley’s Embracing Justice, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book.It offers a serious-minded exploration of the different stories of justice in ...

Lent comes early this year, which means the 40 days leading up to Easter (minus Sundays) may feel more like extended winter than the springtime we typically associate with the season.

Hope From the Pope Lent and Easter Wisdom From Pope Francis (Liguori Publications, 2016) “My perspective on Lent has everything to do with drawing nearer to Our Lord Jesus and embracing his ...

Everyone loves a short book. They're non-threatening, densely-packed, and it won't break your back to throw a couple of them in your purse for your commute. But when I saw that The Christian ...

LEIGH HATTS’s Keeping Lent and Easter is not a Lent book in any devotional sense, but a guide to the customs of the seasons, both liturgical and popular. Hatts gives us straightforward, conventional ...

St. Francis of Assisi loved animals and seemed to have a special affinity for larks. But there's no record of his preaching to the birds. Ditto the story of Francis holding the paw of the wolf ...