Lent

A Short History of Lent

Short History of Lent

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Lent

Lent with Padre Pio – Franciscan Media

Lent with Padre Pio: Easter Sunday

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Lent

Lent Interesting Facts

How long is the Easter season? Much like Christmas, Easter is no “one-day” feast. On Tuesday we discussed the octave—the eight days of rejoicing that constitute our Easter and Christmas commemorations. We […]

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Lent

Why Is Purple The Color of Lent?

Why is purple the color of Lent? You’ll find the answer in Christ’s Passion. In our Catholic tradition, purple is the color of the seasons of penance and preparation: Advent and Lent. […]

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Saint or Blessed of the Day

Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s Story

“I don’t know what’s going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would […]

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Meditation

Restless Hearts Fixed on God – Franciscan Media

I spend my last night of our pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking cheap wine and looking up at a heavy sky. I feel anchored—not wanting to leave this […]

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FYI

History of the Rosary

Since the Rosary is composed, principally and in substance, of the prayer of Christ and the Angelic Salutation, that is, the Our Father and the Hail Mary, it was without doubt the […]

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