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Living Lent

Holy Week Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, and of course concludes with the three holy days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday night which extends into Easter…
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Lent and the Consequences of our Actions Over the last several centuries, there has been a quite legalistic way of viewing sinful human actions, and indeed of understanding God.  This…
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Lent and the Image of God in us During Lent, the term ‘self-denial’ is often used.  It can be misunderstood easily.  A better term would be self-constraint.  We do not…
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Lent and the Catechumenate Historically, the Easter season (from Easter to Pentecost) developed earlier than Lent.  In the early centuries of the Church, the sense of the resurrection was vibrant. …
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One Season: Lent and Easter In the recent past, Lent has been given much more emphasis than the season of Easter.  There was a sense that once Easter Sunday came,…
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Ash Wednesday: Repent and Believe in the Gospel The two phrases that are used while ashes are sprinkled upon us on Ash Wednesday emphasise different aspects of the Lent that…
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Living Lent

Ash Wednesday and Easter Ash Wednesday is integral to the celebration of the whole season of Lent and Easter.  There are two sets of words which accompany the receiving of…
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Lent is at the door! We seem to have barely finished celebrating Christmas and yet here we are on the threshold of Lent and so of Easter.  Ash Wednesday is…
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Cathy Jenkins

The Traffic Light of Lent

Recently, running late for a meeting, I just missed the lights and was stopped from crossing the road. It’s a busy intersection and the light change for pedestrians is slow.…
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