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Beyond Giving Up Chocolate: Going Deeper in Lent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Beyond Giving Up Chocolate"|From the time we were children, our first question for Lent was often, "What are you giving up for Lent?" Giving something up for these 40 days is a ...
Easter Joy for Everyday Life
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
More than just a day, the Church gives us a seven-week Easter season to celebrate. Yet sometimes our everyday lives feel so heavy that celebration is not a part of them. Critical illness in the family, loss of a job, ...
Praying Lent: Helping Little Children with Lent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from page one of "Praying Lent: Helping Little Children with Lent"|As parents of young children know, Lent can seem so "heavy" in comparison to the anticipation and excitement of preparing for Christmas. What can ...
Why Do We Use Ashes On Ash Wednesday?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Ashes are placed on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday, in one of the most counter-cultural acts of our faith. It is done for two reasons: a personal act of remembrance and as a sign or a witness for others.|The ashes come ...
Praying Lent: Preparing for the Easter Vigil
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Praying Lent: Preparing for the Easter Vigil"|Darkness - The Easter Vigil begins with darkness. The darkness itself is the first movement of the liturgy, so we begin our preparations ...
Praying Lent: Preparing for Holy Thursday
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Praying Lent: Preparing for Holy Thursday"|As we prepare to celebrate this wonderful liturgy we begin by entering into a new movement. As this liturgy begins, Lent has ended. Our ...
Family Prayer
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first two paragraphs of "Family Prayer"|One of the real challenges that we too often find in our contemporary, busy lives is finding time to be together as a family. It is especially difficult to find ...
Praying Lent: Preparing for Good Friday
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Praying Lent: Preparing for Good Friday"|Good Friday Opening Prayer: |Remember your mercies, O Lord, and with your eternal protection sanctify your servants, for whom Christ your ...
Lent As: Hearing the Cry of the Poor
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Lent As: Hearing the Cry of the Poor"|Each year, the Season of Lent is offered to us as a time of renewal. Usually, we take up this Lenten journey as the gift of personal renewal ...
What is it to do Fasting and Abstinence? And When Do I Do It?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "What is it to do Fasting and Abstinence?"|What does it mean to "fast"?|To fast is to do without food. Its purpose is to experience the effects of not eating. It also serves to be ...