Easter this year is on April 20, but before we get to Resurrection Sunday, there are seven days before, each with its own ...

There are some boardgames that defy the normal definition of a “game”. Quotes & Verses is such. It is the first published ...

Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind. Words like ...

Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun ...

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, ashes were spread across people’s foreheads, and the person spreading the ashes said, “Remember ...

Not all Christians celebrate Lent, but that’s not stopping some – especially those who have never done so before – from ...

This year's Lent is drawing to a close, with just over a week left. See the remaining days and why Christians observe the 40-day period.

Siegfried Sassoon’s late-life conversion and poetry offer a moving meditation on faith, suffering and the redemptive light of ...

For this year’s Lent, I decided to reconnect with my reading spirit and get back into the groove by reading for 30 minutes ...

“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each verse of the Responsorial Psalm. It is meant to call to mind and, indeed, to emphasize our ...