My dear brothers and sisters, just a few days ago, we walked down these aisles to receive ashes on our foreheads. We heard the sobering word...

We begin our Lenten journey not in a parade, but in a wilderness. The Gospel tells us that Jesus was "led by the Spirit" into the ...

In the first reading, Isaiah promises that if we remove from our midst "oppression, false accusation, and malicious speech," we sh...

On this first Friday of Lent, many of us are feeling the "pinch" of our Lenten sacrifices. Perhaps you are hungry or missing a fav...

 The first full day of Lent presents us with a life-defining Choice . Moses stands before the people and says, "I have set before you l...

Today, the Church is marked with a sign of contradiction: a cross of Dust . As the ashes are placed on our foreheads, we hear the words, ...

In the Gospel, the disciples are panicking because they forgot to bring bread. Jesus, trying to teach them a deeper spiritual truth, warns t...