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Lent

Church Documents

•  John Paul II's Homily for Palm Sunday
•  Pope John Paul II's 1998 Lenten Message
•  Remember, To Dust You Will Return Holy Father's 1999 Ash Wednesday homily

Multimedia

•  A Convert Looks at Lent Catholic Answers Live interview with Peggy Frye (requires RealAudio)
•  Lent: 40 Days with Jesus Catholic Answers Live interview with Helen Hull Hitchcock, foundress of Women for Faith and Family (requires RealPlayer)

Articles

•   All About Lent by James Akin
•  Ash Wednesday by James Akin
•  Ash Wednesday Emphasizes That Life is a Pilgrimage by Cardinal John O'Connor
•  Carnival and Ashes by Fr Bernard Strasser OSB
•  Exploring Lent by Mary Ellen Vice Family Activities, crafts, songs, almsgiving to celebrate and learn through the Lent and Easter season.
•  Fast, Abstinence, And Self-Denial In Lent. from the St. Patrick Church bulletin. Fasting regulations from 111 years ago.
•  First Hymn of the Office of Lent
•  History of Lent by Abbot Gueranger OSB
•  Hymn for Palm Sunday A hymn composed by Theodulf, Bishop of Orleans, when prisoner at Angers, by order of Louis the Good. Sung during the procession on Palm Sunday in the Tridentine Rite.
•  Lent & Easter: A Sourcebook for Families
•  Lent Should Be Lived In The Likeness Of Christ by Thomas Droleskey
•  Lent: A Time for Forgiveness and Reconciliation by Jennifer Jordan
•  Lent: Turning Back Towards God, by Maggie Geene. An article for youth about the purpose and reasons for Lenten observances.
•  Lenten Cross A Lenten Reading Series for Families to bring the family through Lent following the prophecies and teachings of the Old and New Testament.
•  Lenten Fasting by Catherine Doherty.
•  Lenten Music
•  Lenten Reading Series for Families A new reading series, patterned after Advent's Jesse tree to bring the family through Lent with prophecy and teaching. An interactive (between Domestic-Church and the readers) activity.
•  Lenten Theme Cross Word Puzzle A fun way to gain some familiarity with the words and ideas we examine in Lent. In two levels of difficulty: for those under ten, and over ten.
•  Lenten Wood, Easter Fire by James Schmitmeyern (from New Oxford Review, March 1998)
•  Lenter Recipes
•  Making Bread If you're going to fast on bread and water, you want it to be good bread, don't you? Everyone in the family can help make bread.
•  Mystery of Lent by Abbot Gueranger OSB
•  Practice During Lent by Abbot Gueranger OSB
•  Shrove Tuesday by Catherine Fournier 'Pancake Day' explained and some recipes offered.
•  Straight Answers: Ash Wednesday: Feb. 19, 1998
•  The Practice of Lenten Practices The guiding principles behind different forms of Lenten Fast, with practical suggestions for living them out.
•  What Are the Origins of Ash Wednesday and the Use of Ashes? by Fr William Saunders (from Arlington Catholic Herald, 15 February 1996)
•  What Do the Ashes Mean? by Fr William Saunders