Lent: Learning to Suffer? Or Learning to Love?
2012-02-22
This is the time of year when people start to talk to me about what they're giving up for Lent. With Ash Wednesday today, many were trying to figure out over the past few days whether it would be chocolate, soda, or (perhaps the greatest sacrif

Lent made easy: Get your 'ashes to go'
2012-02-22
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent, which concludes after 40 days with the celebration of Easter. In addition to ashes, Cook, the suburban Cincinnati minister, will provide a church brochure and a Lenten booklet.

Lent in a time of a Catholic culture war
2012-02-22
It seems like Ash Wednesday came early this year; I feel like I have been swallowing ash for weeks, anyway. The ferocious controversy engendered by the Health and Human Service department’s new contraception mandate has launched a thousand vitriolic press

Pope calls Lent a time for spiritual renovation
2012-02-22
During the Pope's general audience, Benedict XVI talked about the meaning of Lent, which began yesterday, the Ash Wednesday. According to a report monitored on Rome Reports, the Pope explained the significance of having 40 days of Lent.

Ash Wednesday begins Lent for local Christians
2012-02-22
“Lent is really about changing the heart, being open to the work of God to change our hearts,” said John Mack of Rochester, who attended the morning service. He added, ”Lent is a self reflective time. It's also about renewal of life with

Fat Tuesday partying, then Lent's time of penance
2012-02-22
In cities around the world, millions of people dressed up in elaborate costumes, watched parades and partied the day away on Fat Tuesday. Now comes Ash Wednesday.

With Lent, fish fries return
2012-02-22
By Jennifer Mastroianni The holy season of Lent begins today, and I can't help but wonder: Is there a special place in heaven for fry guys? That's because the volunteers who run the hot oil fryers at Lenten fish fries truly are a special br

Ash Wednesday: Lent Starts Today
2012-02-22
Western Christian churches today mark Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the traditional 40-day period of fasting, prayer and penitence before Easter.

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras gives way to Lent, Ash Wednesday
2012-02-22
(AP Photo/Bill Haber) February 22, 2012 (NEW ORLEANS) -- Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early Wednesday, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 in New Orleans as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, the period of

Lent overtakes New Orleans as Mardi Gras wraps for another year
2012-02-22
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Officers on horseback cleared New Orleans' Bourbon Street early today declaring an end to Carnival 2012 as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent. Thanks partly to spring-like warmth, Fat Tuesday was

Lent 2012: Lenten Fast Begins On Ash Wednesday With Prayers, Poems ...
2012-02-22
The 40 days of Lent that lead to Easter are the most sacred and spiritually powerful in the Christian calendar. From the Ash Wednesday reminder to 'remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,' to the the Stations of the Cross

Lent app ‘40 days’ helps those giving up bad habits
2012-02-22
For those struggling to give up sinful sweets and spirits for Lent, online tools may help keep the faith.

Christians Tailor Lent Outside Catholic Traditions
2012-02-22
The season of Lent begins not only for millions of Catholics by having placed a sign of the cross on their foreheads with ash on Wednesday, but with many Christians in and outside of denominations vowing to mark the season with acts of faith.

What are you giving up for Lent?
2012-02-22
(Gregory A. Shemitz - RNS) Christians mark Ash Wednesday February 22, a holy day that launches the liturgical season of Lent, the 40 days of prayer and repentance before Easter Sunday. Many people also give up a vice during Lent as an attemp

Lent Begins: What Are You Giving Up?
2012-02-22
Christians in the Southland and around the world are observing Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent. During Lent, the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual renewal through prayer, self-den

Susan Campbell: This is Lent
2012-02-22
And Christians who celebrate Lent often do so by giving up something that means something to them (like chocolate) but is usually, ultimately, not all that important to their lives.

Lent has arrived, and that means fish fries everywhere
2012-02-22
Bell Township Volunteer Fire Department, 201 Main St., Salina, 4 to 6:30 pm Ash Wednesday, Fridays during Lent, and Good Friday. Dinner: $7, includes choice of hand-breaded fish, shrimp or chicken planks, with fries or pierogi, coleslaw and dessert

Lent, Ash Wednesday, Easter, John 3:16 and the meaning of sacrifice
2012-02-22
By Nicole Moliere Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent - a tremendous opportunity for a holy period of self-reflection, growth and prayer. The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC (Linda Davidson - THE WASHINGTON POST) Fo

West Roxbury church: Season of Lent is a time of reflection
2012-02-22
The season of Lent carries with it images of people wearing long faces and feeling badly about themselves. It doesn’t have to be that way. Lent begins with receiving ashes on your forehead as a sign of repentance, prayer and fasting and continues for the

Lent begins Christians' countdown to Easter
2012-02-22
Today many Christians leave churches and chapels with a black cross smudged on their foreheads. It's Ash Wednesday, the first of 40 days leading to Easter, which falls on April 8 this year.

Ashes-to-ashes: Lent starts today
2012-02-22
Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer Western Christian churches today mark Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the traditional 40-day period of fasting, prayer and penitence before Easter. To observe the day, Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and <

Mardi Gras: a Celebration before Lent
2012-02-22
It became a time of celebration and enjoyment before the season of Lent, where historically Catholics abstained from meat for 40 days. Today, cultures celebrate Mardi Gras differently by wearing masks, drinking and indulging before giving up favori

Lent: A retreat opportunity
2012-02-22
Lent provides a time for this. Every year our church gives us 40 days to reflect on our spiritual lives and to examine and deepen our relationships with God. Like a retreat, Lent can provide us with an opportunity to slow down and take stock

Lent in a time of a Catholic culture war
2012-02-22
It is not inappropriate to feel adrift during Lent. Moses and the Israelites wandered the desert lost, no doubt anxious, wondering where all the suffering and struggle was taking them, wondering if this guy Moses really had any idea where he was go

Ash Wednesday: The First Day of Lent Begins [PHOTOS]
2012-02-22
Wednesday, Feb. 22, marks the start of Lent which occurs, 46 days before Easter.

Too busy for Lent?
2012-02-22
It is Ash Wednesday, the time we are invited into Lent, as our foreheads are marked with ashes, a reminder of the call to always be ready to change, and be transformed; the call that says that we all need to die. We are asked to repent – what a loa

Lent offers time for reflection
2012-02-22
Lent is the Rev. Scott Kaufman’s favorite time of year. The 40-day season that leads to Easter, beginning Wednesday with Ash Wednesday, offers the faithful a refreshing time of reflection and prayer, according to the pastor of Faith Community United Churc

Boyle cooks up Lent treats pledge
2012-02-22
Singer Susan Boyle makes pancakes at an event in Edinburgh on Shrove Tuesday ahead of giving up chocolate for the six weeks of Lent.

10 interesting facts about Lent
2012-02-22
MANILA, Philippines - Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent, a 40-day preparatory period for the celebration of Easter. Here are some interesting facts about the Lenten season.

Lent begins today with Ash Wednesday
2012-02-22
By Anonymous Lent begins today with Ash Wednesday. For the world's two billion Christians, Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. Its purpose? To encourage Christians to reflect more deeply on their lives, on repentance, and on

Minister gives up tweets for Lent
2012-02-22
Tory minister David Jones insists he has the willpower to give up Twitter until Easter.

Lent is a chance to take stock and imagine a changed world
2012-02-22
Lent begins with a man in a desert. This man has extraordinary powers and knows himself to be of special importance to his God. In the desert, he is facing choices about what that means for the rest of his life. He is alone, and in a semi-starved,

With Lent comes seafood
2012-02-22
For a guy who doesn’t eat seafood, Al Renner knows a lot about the subject.

Campbell's table: Give up casserole, not tuna, for Lent
2012-02-22
Polly Campbell: Craving something different during Lent? Give up tuna casserole for Lent and try a tuna melt.

Shrove Tuesday and Lent Meditation
2012-02-22
Lent, beginning with Shrove Tuesday, is an opportunity to get into the daily habit of meditation and prayer.

Good Question: Why Do Catholics Give Up Things For Lent?
2012-02-22
On Ash Wednesday, many Christians get more than ashes on their foreheads: they get a sense of responsibility to give something up. It’s a tradition especially strong in the Catholic Church. So, why do Catholics give things up for Lent, and why don’t they

Shrove Tuesday Kicks Off Lent in Ardsley
2012-02-22
by Redmond Zmudzien (email) ARDSLEY, NY – Pancakes and sausages for dinner may not immediately come to mind when thinking of Lent, but Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, is held the day before Ash Wednesday at churches across the country each year.

Sacrifice for Lent
2012-02-22
The Lenten season is a time of renewing our baptismal promises. Now is a good time to reflect on the meaning of Lent and why we make sacrifices during this time.

Faithful prepare for Lent with pancake feast, race
2012-02-22
"It is the last opportunity to feast, and be merry before we enter the Holy season of Lent, which is the time of abstinence and reflection," said Reverend Jan Naylor Cope, vicar at the National Cathedral, who took part in the races hersel

Local churches unite to celebrate Lent
2012-02-22
Some local parishioners dove into a Mardi Gras-style pancake breakfast and dinner Tuesday to have one last indulgence before the more reflective season of Lent began, today, Ash Wednesday. Some local clergy say the 40-day period is a time for their

Lent challenge to demonstrate generosity
2012-02-22
Stewardship is inviting Christians to do their bit in changing the world this Lent

Tim Grobaty: Lent as a concept appeals to nonbelievers as well
2012-02-22
By Tim Grobaty, Columnist GIVE IT UP FOR LENT: My God, Lent is here already and, as always, we don't know what sort of sacrifice we're going to make during the 40-day (more or less) period of voluntary (and mandatory) abstinence.

Lent in the Greek-Melkite Church
2012-02-22
ROME, FEB. 21, 2012 ( Zenit.org ).- "Open to me the doors of repentance, Lord, source of life, my spirit watches in your holy temple, bearing the very impure temple of my body, but in your goodness purify me, in your great tenderness and your compass

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent
2012-02-22
By JOE RUTHERFORD - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Many, but not all, Christians begin an ancient liturgical season, Lent, today with an observance dating from about the eighth century called Ash Wednesday. Lent is the 40-day period bef

Lent in College: A Time for Wrestling
2012-02-22
As we paid for our cups I turned to my friend and said, casually, "What are you doing for Lent?" We're both interns at Sojourners, a Christian organization, so this wasn't a totally odd question. Her face lit up. "I have so m

Mardi Gras celebration precedes Lent
2012-02-22
Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras marks the last day before the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period Catholics around the world are required to sacrifice for God and keep a more moderate diet. For many that will mean fewer sweets, and foods with

Churches celebrate Lent in a multitude of ways
2012-02-21
It might be hard to believe, but Lent will begin in five days on Ash Wednesday. For Christians, Lent is a time of inward spiritual reflection, prayer and fasting. Some make resolutions to give up a bad habit or take on a good one.

Christians prepare for lent
2012-02-21
By Pilar Arias, Reporter - email People are saying they'll do things rather than the traditional theme of give something up this Lent season. Lent begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday and goes until Easter Sunday which is April 8th this ye

Fat Tuesday: Last call before Lent
2012-02-21
By Elizabeth Tenety Fat Tuesday, aka, Mardi Gras, has a reputation for the raucous, but the celebratory season before Lent's fasting and repentance has deep religious roots. Yes, Fat Tuesday commemorates a day of excess before the beginning of

Episcopal priests offer 'Ashes to Go' as Lent begins
2012-02-21
Scott Elliott, a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, takes the sign of Lent to the public on Ash Wednesday in 2011. The Rev. Scott Elliott, a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, takes the sign of Lent to the public on Ash Wed

Rio brings on Lent with dazzling Carnivale finale
2012-02-21
Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday celebrated the last day of Carnival, the world's most famous pre-Lent festival. The night parades, which went on until the morning, had massive samba demonstrations, drums, and pyrotechnics. By News Wires (text) AFP -

Jennifer Graham: Lent's loopholes
2012-02-21
Sacrifice doesn't mean giving up meat for a double-cheese pizza.

CBCP head: Observe Lent ‘meaningfully’
2012-02-21
MANILA, Feb. 21, 2012— The Catholic hierarchy called on the faithful to observe Lent “meaningfully”, describing it as an opportunity for “spiritual renewal” of people. Archbishop Jose Palma, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

PAGASA: Lent off to 'cool' start
2012-02-21
The Lenten season, which Filipinos have come to associate with the fierce summer heat, is off to a relatively cool start this year, state weather forecasters said Wednesday.

A Suggestion for Lent from UK Bishops: Make it Meat-Free
2012-02-21
Lent is upon us, the holiest time of the year for Christians -- a time for us to ponder the meaning of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, his proclamation of "Good News" for the poor and downtrodden, and the degree to which our lives al

Wright-Patt Credit Union lent $300M in 2011 home loans
2012-02-21
Wright-Patt Credit Union lent $300 million in home financing to its 2500 members last year, the credit union announced Tuesday. Wright-Patt Credit Union Inc. lent $300 million in home financing to its 2500 members last year, the credit union

Contact us: How will you observe Lent?
2012-02-21
What are you giving up for Lent this year? We want to know. Contact religion writer LaReeca Rucker at lrucker@jackson.gannett.com

Facing Lent Head On
2012-02-21
By Dr. Jeff Mirus | February 21, 2012 5:04 PM Lent is or ought to be the time of year when we stop blaming everybody else for all that is wrong with the Church and start blaming ourselves. It is a time in which we ought to realize that if grace has

Fat Tuesday Begins Ahead of Lent
2012-02-21
Some revelers would party through the night. Clarinetist Pete Fountain will be leading his marching band from the city's Garden District to the French Quarter. Lent follows Fat Tuesday. It is the period of fasting and repentance before Easter S

Legaspi: Lent or Lend?
2012-02-21
A FEW days ago, I was walking at the Main lobby of the university and I accidentally met Fr. Alejandro Colmiero and he gave me a transcript of the Pope’s message for this lent season. I was looking for it for a long time in the net but here he was from no

Lent a time for positive deeds
2012-02-21
Ash Wednesday “is the first day of Lent, and we mark our foreheads with a sign of the cross with ashes,” reveals the Rev. David Kobak, Holy Family Catholic Church, Oldenburg, pastor. “Those ashes are made from last year's palms .

Boyle promotes fundraising for Lent
2012-02-21
Singer Susan Boyle has become a chef for the day, cooking pancakes with school children before the start of Lent. The Britain's Got Talent star flipped pancakes with Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, and

Lent to be observed by more than one in five UK adults
2012-02-21
More than one in five British adults is planning to observe the Christian season of Lent when it starts tomorrow, according to a survey. An online poll has shown 23% of adults will do something for Lent, but nearly one in three of those who

Easter is Coming But Don't Let it Ruin Your Healthy Lenten Habits
2012-02-21
Lent is a great opportunity to get started on a track to better health. Since it's only 40 days, that's a goal people feel they can attain.

Restaurants gear up for seafood demand during Lent
2012-02-21
As February melts into March, so begin the Friday night fish fries, the Filet-O-Fish specials at McDonald's and a sudden abundance of weekend seafood specials at restaurants that normally feature red meat.

Boyle promotes fundraising for Lent
2012-02-21
Singer Susan Boyle has become a chef for the day, cooking pancakes with school children before the start of Lent.

Lenten reflection
2012-02-21
LENT, for the Christian world, is usually a time for reflection on the passion and death of Jesus Christ. A century or so ago in this country, it was time to be quiet, to talk softly, to go about one’s work with as little noise as possible. Those days are

The Season Of Lent Begins
2012-02-21
Jesus said to His disciples, ''Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do

Lent should be about kindness not calories
2012-02-21
We sometimes forget that spring gives its old Germanic name to Lent, the Christian season known elsewhere by names that reflect the forty days it is supposed to take, but often exceeds. The idea that this has to do with the forty days and nights th

Give up for Lent
2012-02-21
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Fasting could help fight Alzheimers, Parkinsons
2012-02-21
Days before many Christians will take up fasting for Lent, researchers announced that the practice of fasting from food during some days and feasting during others has been shown to benefit the brain. The study, conducted at the National Institute on Agin

Lent challenge to demonstrate generosity
2012-02-21
Stewardship is inviting Christians to do their bit in changing the world this Lent

The pastry that defines the day
2012-02-21
For much of the rest of the world tomorrow is Fat Tuesday, a day marked by over con-sumption and revelry that's supposed to be followed by the somber, fasting, reflective Christian season of Lent. But in South Bend, Fat Tuesday is known to many

University of Vermont Lent group to study 'Chronicles of Narnia'
2012-02-21
A seven-week study of spiritual growth and maturity in the book series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by CS Lewis will be offered throughout Lent at the University of Vermont. The study will take place Thursdays starting this week through Apr

University of Vermont Lent group to study 'Chronicles of Narnia'
2012-02-21
A seven-week study of spiritual growth and maturity in the book series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by CS Lewis will be offered throughout Lent at the University of Vermont. The study will take place Thursdays starting this week through Apr

Lent Starts Wednesday
2012-02-21
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a solemn time for Christians for 40 days before Easter. Most commonly observed by Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians and Lutherans, Ash Wednesday falls on the seventh Wednesday before Easter.

Hamtramck paczki hail the arrival of Fat Tuesday, Lent
2012-02-21
The U.P. has pasties, Frankenmuth has chicken and Traverse City has cherries, but in Hamtramck it's deep-fried Polish love known as paczki. As sure as swallows return to Capistrano and lawyers to the BP oil spill, these glazed gut bombs (call 'em

Fat Tuesday: Carbo loading, partying begins ahead of Lent
2012-02-21
Fat Tuesday will give way to a more solemn occasion and then a 40-day period of self-sacrifice known as Lent. Fat Tuesday, the English translation of the French "Mardi Gras," signals the official end of Carnival season

Reflections: Lent hits the reset button
2012-02-21
Lent is nearly upon us. Christians east and west keep this season as spring and Easter approach on the horizon. Lent stirs the baptismal waters and resets the purpose of our lives as we prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Church to begin Lent with ashes to go
2012-02-21
The tradition of receiving ashes to mark the first day of Lent goes back hundreds of years, but ashes to go marks a new movement in the Episcopal church. Six years ago, the pastor of an Episcopal church in St. Louis, Mo., took to the streets on the

University of Vermont Lent group to study 'Chronicles of Narnia'
2012-02-21
A seven-week study of spiritual growth and maturity in the book series 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C.S. Lewis will be offered throughout Lent at the University of Vermont.

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday
2011-03-08
Lent. It's a word that everyone has heard of, but just how much is known of the season of Lent which will begin this coming week. Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word 'lenten' which means the time of the year when days gro

Lent a time for reflection and simplicity
2011-03-08
When it comes to Lent, Christians often think of giving up something such as chocolate.

Lent differs greatly among churches
2011-03-08
Christians around the world will begin the observance of Lent next week, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and self-examination.

A Lent that matters
2011-03-08
What would make your Lent the best ever? It’s worth pondering because it’s not going to happen unless you decide that is your goal. We’ve got the advantage of a collective spiritual energy in Lent that can support our efforts, so it’s a perfect time to ge

Vegan Recipes for Lent - Recipes for Health
2011-03-08
This week marks the beginning of Lent, when many of us choose to abstain from meat or dairy products — making this the perfect time to try new vegan dishes. Today: baked beans with mint, peppers and tomatoes.

Lent a time of prayer, omission in Abilene
2011-03-08
There are few things Jordan Payne loves more than ESPN's Sports Center — which is why the 22-year-old McMurry University student is giving it up for Lent.

Gifts inspired by Lent (or Mardi Gras): Temptation
2011-03-08
Come Lent (which starts on Wednesday), you might be regretting the sins -- but not the gifts. Today is our final day of reckoning. Call it Mardi Gras or call it Carnivale, the season of raucous indulgence ends and it would be nice to have a little

This Lent, practice a spirituality of resistance
2011-03-08
Lent invites us to repent of our complicity in the culture of war and injustice, and to walk the way of the cross with the nonviolent Jesus to Jerusalem to resist the empire.

Paczki: What is it?
2011-03-08
Traditional Polish paczkis are filled with fruits and jams at a bakery near Chicago that makes the treats only before Lent. By Kendra Nordin, Staff Writer / March 8, 2011 "Paczki" is a good word remember for a your next Scrabble tournamen

Happy Mardi Gras! – Forsaking Oil Volatility for Lent.
2011-03-08
HiddenLevers tools help investors profit from macro trends and big picture economic scenarios. Try us for 30 days free. Even though I expected such, I'm still annoyed about the spike in the price of oil as a result of the tumult in Libya. ...

Lent in Portland's own backyard: Christians set aside 40 days to prepare for Easter
2011-03-08
Lent begins tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, when some Christians will receive a smudge of ash on their foreheads as a reminder of the need to repent and turn away from sin. Here's a sampling of Lenten offerings in the Portland area.

Christians mark start of Lent on Wednesday
2011-03-08
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent which is the 40 days of repentance, prayer, sacrifice and good deeds leading up to Easter Sunday. In the Catholic church, and some other Christian denominat

Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent Activities for Families
2011-03-08
Mardi Gras, (Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day) anticipates Ash Wednesday and Lent. Although used synonymously with the Carnival ("farewell to the flesh") celebration, Mardi Gras is one day. It is also called "Shrove Tuesday." "Shrove" or "shriven" means to be pur

Health and fitness briefs: Healthful recipes for Lent
2011-03-08
To help make the notion of giving up favorite foods during Lent easier, the Church Health Center in Memphis has created a daily devotion called Seasoning Lent, which will offer a healthful recipe for each day of the 40-day season.

Lent 2011: Twitter Giving Up Twitter and Cupcakes
2011-03-08
Cookies, McDonald's breakfast, and non-weekend beers: These are just a sampling of the many indulgences that Twitter will be abstaining from tomorrow through Easter when Ash Wednesday brings in the season of Lent. Since Catholics are encouraged

Southeast Valley Christians prepare for 40 days of Lent
2011-03-08
Period of self-denial and sacrifice gets a late start in 2011 with Ash Wednesday next week.

Local cafe flooded with orders for traditional Polish Fat Tuesday treat
2011-03-08
PHOENIX - While many may call it Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, others refer to the last day before lent as Paczki Day. Pronounced "poonch-ki," the filled and fattening doughnut is a traditional polish treat. Arizonans who have moved here fro

Scott sure can scoff pancakes
2011-03-08
SHROVE Tuesday traditionally marks the feast before the fast – a final opportunity for Christians to eat themselves into a tired nausea before the beginning of the season of Lent. Needless to say there were plenty of bloated bellies following ..

History of Ash Wednesday Observances
2011-03-08
Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent for Catholics as they observe the time leading up to the mystical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The day begins a 40-day period of fasting and introspection for Catholics and Christians all over the world

Don't Give Up Muskrat For Lent
2011-03-08
But as a helpful service to those observant Catholics, it should be noted that muskrat is OK to consume on Ash Wednesday and on meat-free Fridays during Lent. Sorta. Why? Back in the early 1800s when Catholics in the Detroit area were starving,

Are you traveling light on the earth? Presiding bishop's message for Lent
2011-03-08
By Katharine Jefferts Schori, March 08, 2011 [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church observes Lent in solidarity with Christians throughout the ages. Lent has anciently been understood as a time of solidarity with those who are to be b

Archbishop urges Lent abstinence
2011-03-08
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales urges a return to self-sacrifice in Lent, suggesting worshippers forego meat on Fridays.

Lent 2011: Guess What I'm Giving Up?
2011-03-08
That's right: the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent. Lent doesn't mess around. It's one of the most important times on the Christian calendar -- when Christians all over the world prepare for the Holy Week with some serious acts of p

Paczki lovers pack Hamtramck bakeries for caloric nirvana
2011-03-08
And come they did as hundreds of sweet lovers lined up outside "Hamtown" bakeries this morning to order dozens of Paczki — the sweet, fatty, doughy, deep fried Polish pastry that marks the beginning of Lent and the end of your diet. ..

Local Christians feast in days before Lent's fasting
2011-03-07
Often seen as a time when Christians give up guilty pleasures during the month and a half before Easter, Lent represents the 40 days narrated in the Bible when Jesus resisted temptations in the desert. Before those days of self-reflection begin,

Fat Tuesday Gumbo
2011-03-07
It is a Mardi Gras (the French translation of “Fat Tuesday”) tradition to eat all your favorite rich, decadent foods on this day in preparation for Lent when you must give up such treats. In Cajun country, the tradition is for the men to go from ho

Lenten Services At RE Lee
2011-03-07
Ash Wednesday marks the first of the 40 days of Lent. Beginning Thursday, March 10, and continuing Monday through Saturday during Lent, Morning Prayer will be held at the church at 8:30, concluding by 9. It will also be offered on Wednesdays

Lent: where abstinence stands against consumerism
2011-03-07
Lent “is one of the most counter-cultural festivals we have, where abstinence stands against consumerism,” according to the Anglican vicar from Sussex who presents the BBC's 'How to live a simple life'.  Speaking at a day conference in London on Saturday,

Southeast Valley Christians prepare for 40 days of Lent
2011-03-07
That 40-day period of reflection, repentance and preparation culminates April 24.

Lent a gift, not a burden
2011-03-07
By Archdeacon Norman Collier St. Mary's Anglican Church On Wednesday next week, we begin the season of Lent.[...]

Catholic Church’s Lent Appeal: 25 percent to Christchurch
2011-03-07
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will allocate at least 25 percent of its annual Lent Appeal towards assisting people hit by the Christchurch earthquake. The Lent Appeal runs for six weeks from Ash Wednesday on 9 March through to Easter, and is Caritas’ ...

Lent's 21st-century makeover
2011-03-07
Galvin, an Episcopalian, has signed up for the 2011 Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast, a regimen for reducing energy consumption and fighting global warming. [...] as a spiritual practice, personal sacrifice can be a key driver in advancing larger movements.

Blog articles

Online Lent - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
2012-02-25
Right now, the Lent blog is leading with a quote from Flannery O'Connor and a piece of scripture. Farther down the page, items include "Learning to Suffer? Or Learning to Love?" and "The Pope Will Be Tweeting Lent!

Wholey's Busy On First Friday Of Lent « CBS Pittsburgh
2012-02-25
The first Friday of Lent always "reels 'em in" at Wholey's in the Strip District. But this year, the popular fish market has added reason to celebrate. Wholey's is 100 years old.

RealClearPolitics - Lent and the Science of Self-Denial
2012-02-25
February 24, 2012. Lent and the Science of Self-Denial. Jeffrey Kluger, Time. Tweet · Read Full Article ››. Related Topics: science. MORE FROM THIS AUTHOR. FEATURED ON RCP FROM. RCP Log In | Register. Please enable JavaScript to ...

Chicago Woman Gives Up Facebook For Lent « CBS Chicago
2012-02-25
One Chicago woman decided to give up more than the usual when Lent began on Wednesday.

Newt Gingrich Giving Up Dessert For Lent
2012-02-24
Newt may slim down for Super Tuesday. When MSNBC asked him what he is giving up for Lent, the GOP hopeful replied, "I am going to give up desserts... all desserts."

Lent: New Year's Resolutions for Jesus | Friendly Atheist
2012-02-24
According the the Catholic Church, Lent is a season of preparation for the celebration of Jesus' Resurrection at Easter (disregard that this particular holiday season is of pagan origin). The Church officially promotes three ways ...

The Pope Takes to Twitter to Save Lent
2012-02-23
Pope Benedict XVI is bringing a segment of his daily papal message to Twitter, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22.

Anti-Lent | Friendly Atheist
2012-02-23
About Bengie. Graphic designer by day and web cartoonist "Bengie" by night; drawing a weekly webcomic every Wednesday for the Friendly Atheist blog. Bengie also 'arts' the bi-weekly audio comic Slackjaw: The Working ...

In the News: Ash Wednesday and Lent « ipl2 – news and information
2012-02-23
Lent begins with “Ash Wednesday,” which is 46 days before Easter. Traditionally, Christians use the 40 weekdays between Ash Wednesday and Easter as a time of introspection and self-reflection. Christians often engage in ...

Lent Tweets From Pope Benedict XVI Start On Ash Wednesday
2012-02-23
For the next 40 days, users can follow Pope Benedict XVI on Twitter to receive daily messages during Lent.

Give Up Religion For Lent | Unreasonable Faith
2012-02-22
Give Up Religion For Lent. Posted on February 22, 2012 by Daniel Florien. instead of meat maybe you should give up your self-contradictory, homophobic religion for. This entry was posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, ...

Lent Begins Today For Christians « CBS Philly
2012-02-22
In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day period in which church members are asked to engage in prayer, fasting and doing good works in preparation for Easter, commemorating the ...

Fr. Richard Rohr: Lent is About Transformation
2012-02-22
This is the real "try harder" that applies to Lent, and its ultimate irony is that it is not a trying at all, but an ultimate surrendering, dying, and foundational letting go.

Global Economic Lent :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets ...
2012-02-22
Times have rapidly moved on since the death of Christ and very few of us take Shrove Tuesday as seriously as we once would have. Now we tend to give up vices rather than 'nice' things. Many give up alcohol or smoking, ...

VIS news - Holy See Press Office: LENT, A TIME TO SHOULDER ...
2012-02-22
Vatican news, daily news from the Holy See Press Office.

Bruce Friedrich: A Suggestion for Lent from UK Bishops: Make it ...
2012-02-22
Jesus' message is one of love and compassion, yet there is nothing loving or compassionate about the modern industries that produce almost all of the chickens, pigs, and cows that are turned into meat.

Lent: Cleric counsels Christians on purification, arms giving
2012-02-22
“Lent is a very important season for the Christians. For us, lent is the time of intensive prayer, more prayer than usual, it is a time of denying ourselves a few things so that we can become more disciplined in our life styles, ...

Lent: Cleric counsels Christians on purification, charity
2012-02-22
“Lent is a very important season for the Christians. For us, lent is the time of intensive prayer, more prayer than usual, it is a time of denying ourselves a few things so that we can become more disciplined in our life styles, ...

Kelly's Korner: Lent
2012-02-22
I've never done Lent but I've been thinking about it for the last couple of weeks and I like the idea of it. I don't feel like I need to give up a luxury as penitence. Jesus already paid the price for my sins and His grace has covered ...

Lent Madness: A lighthearted approach to saintly education
2012-02-22
In 2010, Schenck started Lent Madness, a saint-vs-saint online competition on his blog modeled after college basketball's March Madness tournament. The idea caught on, and the madness has spread to include celebrity ...

Shane Claiborne: Fat Tuesday and Skinny Wednesday
2012-02-22
In a world filled with clutter, noise and hustle, Lent is a good excuse to step back and rethink how we live. In a world of instant gratification, it's a chance to practice delayed gratification so that we can truly appreciate the ...

Lent 2012: Lenten Fast Begins On Ash Wednesday With Prayers ...
2012-02-22
The 40 days of Lent that lead to Easter are the most sacred and spiritually powerful in the Christian calendar. From the Ash Wednesday reminder to 'remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,' to the the Stations ...

Lent… | The Crescat
2012-02-21
I am terrible at Lent. I never seem to get it right. I can't stick to what I've given up or remain dedicated to what I've promised to do. The best I can muster is reading a book relating to Lent and a fish fry or two. Terrible, I know.

Bring Lent to Life - CatholicMom.com
2012-02-21
I've got a huge list of someday items for Lent. Why someday? Because they just don't work in my current life. My children are young (4 and 1) and many activities are either over their heads or over their tolerance level. When I ...

Associated Baptist Press - Opinion: Lent for Baptists
2012-02-21
Associated Baptist Press is the nation's first and only independent news service created by and for Baptists. Part of the New Voice Media Network.

Thomas Howard: "Presently Lent arrives. This is the forty days ...
2012-02-21
Great Lent | Thomas Howard | From Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God In Liturgy and Sacrament | Ignatius Insight Presently Lent arrives. This is the forty days leading up to Easter, which also recall the forty days of ...

What is Lent? | Bible Gateway Blog
2012-02-21
Each year, when we start talking about Lent and Easter, we hear a familiar question from some Bible Gateway visitors: What is Lent? Is it an official Christian holiday? Was it instituted in the Bible? What does it mean to observe ...

David Lose: The Trouble (And Blessing) of Lent
2011-03-08
If Lent is in trouble, it's only because we're in trouble, so busy trying to make or keep or save our lives that we fail to notice that God has already saved us and has already freed us.

Facebook becoming popular sacrifice for Lent - The Local
2011-03-08
In addition to guilty pleasures such as chocolate, alcohol and cigarettes, some German Christians are also planning on giving up social networking site Facebook during the traditional fasting period of Lent.

JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Annual Lent Fight! (2011 Ed.)
2011-03-08
In my previous post I said we'd look more closely at Pope Benedict's statement in his new book concerning Jewish people and how they are not collectively responsible for the death of Christ. We will get to that, but in...

Bishop Kevin Farrell: What is Lent all about?
2011-03-08
As is the case with all Christian observances, Lent has changed over time until it took its present form in the Western Church of the 40 days prior to Easter. Originally Lent began on quadragesima (fortieth day) Sunday, ...

Lent 2011: What Should Charlie Sheen Give Up for Lent? | Famecrawler
2011-03-08
Suggestions for what Charlie Sheen should give up for Lent.

Approach of Lent
2011-03-07
Across the nation we have experienced a very wintry season, and Lent and Easter are coming about as late as they can in the liturgical calendar this year. Somehow, in the Providence of God, I believe these two events are connected. ...

Anticipating Lent
2011-03-07
I have REALLY been feeling my need for Lent. And it's made me think about why that is: Lent is, after all, usually very difficult. In that difficulty, though, I so often find fruit and, if I cooperate, grace to grow spiritually. ...

Maryland Weather: Orthodox Lent starts today; spring cleaning, too ...
2011-03-07
Today is the first day of the Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It's also known as “Clean Monday,” a reference to the obligation among the faithful to cleanse themselves spiritually through fasting and prayer, repentance and ...

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: "Great Lent", by Thomas ...
2011-03-07
Great Lent | Thomas Howard | From Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God In Liturgy and Sacrament | Ignatius Insight Presently Lent arrives. This is the forty days leading up to Easter, which also recall the forty days of Christ's ...

Web articles

Lent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012-02-25
Lent in the Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. Lent is a time of sacrifice for Jesus. ...

Welcome to Lenten Season - Easter / Lent - Catholic Online
2012-02-25
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on ...

The Season of Lent
2012-02-25
Information about the Season of Lent, including what it means, when it starts and ends, how it originated, and how it sets the theme for Christian worship.

History of Lent
2012-02-25
Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. In the desire to renew the liturgical practices of the ...

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lent
2012-02-23
The Teutonic word Lent, which we employ to denote the forty days' fast preceding Easter, originally meant no more than the spring season. Still it has been used ...

The Season of Lent
2011-03-08
Information about the Season of Lent, including what it means, when it starts and ends, how it originated, and how it sets the theme for Christian worship.

Lent: All About Lent
2011-03-08
Feb 22, 2010 ... A Comprehensive Guide to Lent: history, links, resources, FAQ, and prayers.

The Season of Lent
2011-03-08
Jan 7, 2010 ... Information about the Christian Season of Lent from a Protestant perspective; reflections on its significance as part of the celebration of ...