Lent - Ash Wednesday
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The Path to Resurrection
Ash Wednesday. Fr Leon Pereira invites us to imitate Our Lady as Lent begins. Every Friday evening as Sabbath begins in
Prepare for the Day
Ash Wednesday. Fr Bruno Clifton suggests that we make this Lent a time of preparation for celebration and for justice. A
Come One, Come All
Ash Wednesday. Most Rev Malcolm McMahon OP, Archbishop of Liverpool, finds that all human beings feel the need for repentance. There
Naughty or Wicked?
Ash Wednesday. Fr Peter Hunter helps us to understand why Lenten practices are good for us. Years ago, after the death
Remember that you are dust…
Ash Wednesday | Fr Toby Lees ponders death, our mortality, and the present time for conversion. It wasn’t until I joined
Hoping to Turn
Ash Wednesday | Fr Gregory Murphy explains that during Lent, out of the ashes of our failures and timidities, the fire
Purple
Ash Wednesday | Fr Dermot Morrin reflects on the symbolism of the purple colour that characterises the season of Lent. Purple
God’s Expansion Project
Ash Wednesday | Fr John O'Connor reflects on what God intends as the effects of Lent. St Teresa of Avila wrote
In the Midst of Life
Ash Wednesday. fr Lawrence Lew helps us to see how Lent is the season in which we learn to die
Humble Penance
Ash Wednesday. fr Gregory gives us encouragement in our Lenten fast, by helping us to see how when we fail
They Have Had Their Reward
Ash Wednesday. Fr Leo invites us to see Lent as a time when we come before God in a spirit of
In a Hidden Place
Ash Wednesday. Fr David Goodill outlines how almsgiving, praying and fasting are our particpation in Christ's work of our redemption. Now we