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Ash Wednesday: Our Journey Into the Desert Begins CATHOLIC FIRE - February 13, 2013 It's that time of year again -- the time of both internal and external recollection that we are setting out on a journey. On Ash Wednesday , the ashes placed on our forehead invite us to begin a new journey of repentance. They invite us to turn back to God and to receive new life. Once again, we are called to let God penetrate deeper into our lives, for indeed, turning back to Him with our whole hearts is a submission to His holy will. Lent is a time when ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/02/ash-wednesday-our-journey-into-desert.html
Lent, a Time of Waiting IHM CALLING - February 24, 2013 As we enter the season of Lent, I look back on my first Lent as an almost-Catholic, in 1984. That Easter, I would be baptized, confirmed, and would receive my First Eucharist—but Lent was when it all started to come together. I went through the various scrutinies prescribed by RCIA, even though I went through a somewhat modified and shortened version of the process. I met regularly with a group of supportive parishioners, a prayer ...http://ihmcalling.org/2013/02/24/lent-a-time-of-waiting/
Morning Roundup - Feria of Lent - Missa 'Verba Mea Auribus' - Commemoration: St. Frances of Rome, Widow - March 9th, 201 TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - March 9, 2013 ... (Fr. George David Byers) > ;> ; All hell breaks out at Holy Souls Hermitage after announcing the Hermitnic for the Conclave Insight Scoop The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) > ;> ; The Catholic Church is Out of Touch with its Members? Say What? Meeting Christ in the Liturgy > ;> ; "let us return" Psallam Domino (Kate Edwards) > ;> ; Tenebrae/22 - Psalm 87 Reflections of a Paralytic > ;> ; The Apostolate of Suffering…Again SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) > ;> ; WILL THE AIR OVER THE PLAIN ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/03/morning-roundup-feria-of-lent-missa.html
Turning Toward Easter TRUTH IN LOVE - February 1, 2013 ... ...http://supporttarasvocation.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/turning-toward-easter/
Fat and Happy on Fat Tuesday ARE WE THERE YET? - February 11, 2013 ... to Confession in order to enter the Lenten season with sparkling clean souls, we look ahead to the penitential season with an eye to what we'll be offering up to further prepare for the glorious feast of Easter. All the talk in Catholic circles right now is about what we'll be "giving up." Who is going to take the plunge and give up coffee? Or sweets? Will we turn off the TV? Should we observe a blog "silence" for the forty days? And today, Shrove Tuesday, is the last day to make up our minds ...http://arewethereyet-davisfarmmom.blogspot.com/2011/03/fat-and-happy-on-fat-tuesday.html
Uplifting the Soul With True Beauty GROW THE ROSES - March 9, 2013 (Originally posted at Ignitum Today ) Lent is a time I think to reflect on beauty. True beauty is something that uplifts the soul. It draws us to God. As Pope Benedict XVI once said about art, "The work of art is the fruit of human creativity, which questions the visible reality, trying to discover its deep meaning and to communicate it through the language of shapes, colors, sounds. (It) is an open door on the infinite (which) opens the eyes of the mind, of the heart. ...http://growtheroses.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/uplifting-the-soul/
Softening My Heart: An Anniversary Lesson During Lent TRAINING HAPPY HEARTS - February 20, 2013 I'm participating in the Keeping LOVE in LENT Blog Link-Up 2013, hosted by Raising (& Teaching) Little Saints , Truly Rich Mom and Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families . We'll be sharing different ways, tips, stories and real-life experiences that will help us focus on Lenten sacrifices, prayer and good deeds, and how to carry them out with LOVE instead of a GRUMBLE. Please scroll down to the end of the post to see the list of link-up entries. I had planned to write ...http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2013/02/softening-my-heart-anniversary-lesson.html
Aiming High. Going Deep. DOLCE DOMUM - February 6, 2013 For two weeks I've worked late into the night, every night, on a presentation that I will deliver over the course of five Wednesday nights during Lent on Lectio Divina . Last night I finished my outline of forty-two pages and tonight I'll begin to arrange them into a tighter framework, put them into Power Point slides as well as selecting a movie scene or two for illustrative purposes. It has been an exhausting but exciting process. For the past 3-4 nights I've been immersed ...http://jeffwalker.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/aiming-high-going-deep/
Prepare for Lent ~ Make Yourself Good Soil JOYFILLED FAMILY - February 3, 2013 ... (seks'uh-jeh'sih-mah) Sunday DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS / PURPLE Feb. 3, 2012 This Sunday moves deeper into immediate preparation for Lent. It is a day of testing the soil of human hearts, to find out how ready everyone is for the good seed of grace that God is sure to offer. Has our vision enlarged to see all men as our brothers? Has our love reached out to all the world's sufferers, at least by sympathy and prayer? Is our hand open to the needy of our local community? The Prayer ...http://joyfilledfamily.blogspot.com/2013/02/prepare-for-lent-make-yourself-good-soil.html
"Dear Friends, God Guides His Church!" – On Resignation Eve, the Pope's Last Word WHISPERS IN THE LOGGIA - February 27, 2013 ... for coming in such large numbers to this last General Audience of my pontificate. [Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am truly moved, and in you I see the church is alive! And I think we owe a word of thanks to the Creator for this beautiful weather that he gives us; the sun is here, even in wintertime!] Like the Apostle Paul in the biblical text that we have heard, I feel in my heart the paramount duty to thank God, who guides the Church and makes her grow: who sows His Word and thus ...http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2013/02/dear-friends-god-guides-his-church.html
