Lent

...which I don't mean the city of Auburn, even though I love the city and miss it the way I miss whatever I've chosen to give up during Lent. By which I don't mean the University, even though I care more about its well-being-this is the...

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Many Christians also have the wreaths in their homes, lighting the candles and sharing reflections each day as a family. Like Lent in the spring, Advent emphasizes reflection and repentance as Christians prepare for the savior's birth as...

In this article: Advent, God, Christmas Eve, and Epiphany

Through his coming, his life, death and resurrection, we have been saved. " Advent has a penitential tone, but is not as somber as Lent. This is reflected in the colors of pink and purple in the priest's vestments, altar hangings and Advent...

In this article: Advent, Jesus Christ, God's Plan Seen in Ministry God, Mary, and Saint Joseph

...and for racial and social justice. It has taken a strong stand against the death penalty. Archbishop Alex Brunett declared in a 2007 Lenten letter that his archdiocese would neither take nor cooperate with punitive action against illegal...

In this article: Catholic Church, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas J. Tobin, Vatican, Kathleen Sebelius, Christine Gregoire, Rhode Island, and Episcopal Church

...Michael Walsh, a Catholic historian. Flagellation is acted out for symbolic purposes during penitential processions during Lent's Holy Week in Mediterranean countries, he says, as a reminder that Jesus Christ was whipped before the...

In this article: Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, Jesus Christ, Holy Week, Vatican, Catholic faith, and God

...Chorus and guest vocal soloists sing one of the most stirring compositions in Christendom, including the famed "Hallelujah" chorus. Tinsel: Handel's sacred oratorio about Jesus was initially created as a composition for Lent and Easter.

In this article: The Nutcracker, Easter, Ebenezer Scrooge, Celtic, Bonnie Raitt, and Jane Fonda

...on the medieval round of feast days and festivities: the football games and gluttony of Shrove Tuesday, the universal austerity of Lent, the drunken merrymaking of the days after Easter, when women roamed the streets to "capture" men one...

In this article: Ian Mortimer, Henry IV, Catholic Church, Henry V, Edward III, and God

...Anne Rice's seductive vampires. That's about as far as we went with the Carnevale fever, but this 10-day event in February before Lent brings out hoards of teenage girls from the Midwest who pay through the nose to have sparkly butterflies...

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...claiming 33 of the 35 lives on board. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent. In 1969, financier-diplomat Joseph P. Kennedy died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 81. In...

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...suggested that her players trade setting goals for making sacrifices sort of a volleyball version of the Roman Catholic season of Lent, a period of cleansing that leads up to Easter. She and her players gave up everything from soda to...

In this article: Junk food, Easter, Roman Catholic, and Wright State University