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Lent 2009 — Feb 25 - Apr 11
Easter - April 12th
Today - November 08, 2009
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Thought for the day
Mary is a woman who loves. How could it be otherwise? As a believer who in faith thinks with God’s thoughts and wills with God’s will, she cannot fail to be a woman who loves. We sense this in her quiet gestures, as recounted by the infancy narratives in the Gospel. We see it in the delicacy with which she recognizes the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus’ public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new family and that the Mother’s hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus’ true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary will remain beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).
Encyclical letter God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est), no. 41, December 25, 2005
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How We Live During this Lent, the Holy Father has called on us to rediscover the “value and meaning” of fasting in solidarity with the poor and hungry around the world. Fasting and almsgiving — donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity — are two of the three pillars of Lenten practice. Our special focus on these aspects of Christian living during Lent helps us to develop a state of interior penance. At all times, Christian living requires us to follow the teaching and example of Christ, the commandments, the precepts of the Catholic Church and its principles of moral life which are explored in this section. |
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Penance and Fasting
Almsgiving & Community Service
General Resources on Moral Issues
Poverty Dignity of the Human Person
Economy
Stewardship of the Environment
Bulletin inserts on many of these issues are available here in PDF format. | |
