Lent officially begins today. Here's what to know about the Christian season
The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last ...
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From Repenting To Giving Thanks, Here Are 25 Lent Prayers for This Lenten Season
Look no further than these 25 Lent prayers!The set-apart observance of Lent provides Christians the opportunity to reflect on ...
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Lent 2025: 7 answers to your questions about fasting and abstinence
To help Catholics live this special liturgical time and deepen their knowledge of the faith, here are answers to the most ...
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New Books for Lent and Easter Promise Contemplation and Celebration
A cluster of new and forthcoming titles, including devotionals and other works by popular Christian pastors, theologians, and ...
26 Lent memes for those who didn’t give up social media
Ash Wednesday has come and gone and Lent has begun. With it comes memes about fasting and the oddities of what the Church does and doesn’t consider meat. Lent is a significant period in the Christian ...
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What are you giving up for Lent? University of Scranton students weigh in
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday.“Lent is a good transition to really building and ...
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Pope Francis: Lent is a time to accept our fragility, rekindle hope in Jesus
Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...