Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P. Introduction The Lenten Spirit: give, pray, fast Ash Wednesday Prayers The Sunday Gospels of Lent Palm Sunday: Entering Jerusalem The Easter Triduum Meditating on the Passion of Jesus The Last Supper The Agony in the Garden The Crucifixion The Resurrection of Jesus The Coming of the Holy Spirit See also: Stations of the Cross ...

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Lent is the 40 days preceding Easter when Christians pray, fast and give alms to reflect and ponder the suffering and death of Jesus.

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Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P. These pages, with reflections and prayers inspired by some of the principal gospels and celebrations of Easter and Lent, may be a helpful companion during these holy seasons of faith. Introduction - this page The Lenten Spirit: give, pray, fast Ash Wednesday Prayers The Sunday Gospels of Lent Palm Sunday: Entering Jerusalem The ...

The Season of Lent Lent is a forty-day season of preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. The season begins with Ash Wednesday, when pastors mark the foreheads of Christians with ashes as a reminder that they are created from dust and to dust they shall return. During Lent we follow Jesus from his adult ministry through his suffering during Holy Week and his ...

All About Lent by James Akin Q: What is Lent A:Historically, Lent is the forty day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, it began on Ash Wednesday and ended on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday). In recent years, this has been modified so that it now ends with evening Mass on Holy Thursday, to prepare the way for Triduum. Q: Why are Sundays excluded from the reckoning of the forty ...

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Great Lent (Eastern Orthodox) Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox holiday which always begins on a Monday between February 15 and March 21. The beginning date, Clean Monday, is set at seven weeks before Pascha, or Easter, in the Orthodox church. Great Lent is so named to differentiate it from the Advent fasting period which is known as Little Lent. Great Lent is a period of self-denial and is ...

Index Lent All glory, laud (Palm Sunday) Awhile in spirit Christ, in this your mercy's day Christ Jesus, think on us Christ, Who throughout Dark night (Holy Saturday) Forty days From deepest woe Glory of 40 days It was a sad and solemn night (Maundy Thursday) new 3/13/02 Jesus walked this lonesome valley Kind Maker of the world Ride on, ride on in majesty (Palm Sunday) new 3/17/02 The Old Rugged ...