Lent

Queen Esther (Edwin Long, 1878)

Readings: Jonah, 3:1-10, Luke, 11:29-32 The Ten Commandments

What is the purpose of abstaining from certain pleasures during Lent? Along with prayer and almsgiving, we abstain during Lent

Readings at Mass: Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Matt 25:31-46 In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel Small Gods, the ‘great God Om’ tries to

Tonight, at Mass & Vespers in Oxford, the Blackfriars schola will sing 'Ne irascaris, Domine' by Byrd. The motet has

Readings: Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 85:1-6; Luke 5:27-32 If I had to bet on what one question most Catholics have been asked

Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15. Today, John’s disciples indulge a brief foray into comparative religion: why aren’t Jesus’s followers observing the same dietary

Readings: Dt 30:15-20, Ps 1, Lk 9:22-25 In today's Gospel Jesus says to us: "If anyone wishes to come after me,

Readings: Joel 2:12-18; Ps 50; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Let your hearts be broken not your garments torn (Joel

Today we begin our preparation to celebrate the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus at the Sacred Triduum.

Today, at the Ash Wednesday Mass, a cross will be marked on our foreheads and we will hear the

Readings: Joel 2:12-18; Ps 50; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 The threefold asceticism of Lent, which is the threefold asceticism of