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A Time to Grow Starts Next Week - Lowndes Signal

By Dunford Cole Next week, the Church steps into Lent — a six-week spiritual journey that gives us the opportunity to draw closer to God. That means we will be placing ashes on our foreheads in the shape of the cross and hear those powerful words, “From dust you came, and to dust you shall return.”  Lent is a time when we live out our faith by reflecting, repenting, and being reconciled. Think of it as a chance to drop the burdens that weigh us …

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Fr. Glenn: Point By Point

By Fr. Glenn Jones: Well, it’s Lent again already. Ash Wednesday is March 5 for most Christians, and as we move toward the remembrance of the Resurrection of Jesus in about seven weeks, Lent is our “time in the desert” to reflect on what we have done well … or not … in our lives, correcting lapses and seeking to conform ourselves ever more in the image of Jesus. But distractions have always plagued us. This may be a reason Jesus apparently cover…

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Lent: 7 Ways to Share the Season of Repentance and Salvation With Young Hearts

The Stations of the Cross are explained for young readers in the latest Emmaus Road book from Katherine Bogner. Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together as parishes, schools and families.

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The Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Jesús Pulido, will impart this Wednesday, March 5, the ash in the concatedral of Santa María de Cáceres, at the Mass of 18.30 hours.With this act, the Church begins the liturgical time of Lent, with the 40 days preceding Easter time. According to the Bishopric, Ash Wednesday constitutes the opening door of this time, in a special year, in full celebration for the Church of the Jubilee of Hope.With the beginning of Le…

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Lent to begin March 5 with Ash Wednesday - The Southern Cross

SAN DIEGO — The 40-day season of Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and end at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 17. Though not a holy day of obligation, many Catholics attend Mass on Ash Wednesday, where the Sign of the Cross is traced on their foreheads with blessed ashes as a stark reminder of their mortality and their need for repentance and conversion. The three pillars of the Lenten season are: fasting and abstinence, prayer, and alm…

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Lenten devotionals to begin Wednesday at First United

One of the beloved traditions in the faith community of Warren County returns Wednesday as First United Methodist Church hosts a series of mid-week Lenten devotionals.