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,

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

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.