One of the traditional Lenten practices is self-denial. Often this leaves us asking the question, "What should I give up for Lent?" The answers vary - candy, bread, wine, shopping, blogging.... We endure for God's sake forty days of self-denial.…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Reflects on Lent
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, we will gather to be marked with ashes and remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return. The gospel for Ash Wednesday is Matthew 6:1-6,16-21. Jesus said, "Beware of practicing…
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesay. Bosco Peters has a nice description of this day and its development.
An Invitation to the Observance of a Holy Lent
This Wednesday, February 25, is for the Episcopal and many other churches Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The following words come from the Proper Liturgy for Ash Wednesday: "I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to…