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- Archdiocese of Washington - Parishes - Penance, Fasting and Abstinence
- Fasting - our lost rite, Eamon Duffy, thetablet.co.uk, Jan-31-2004
Fasting: Why Bother?, Deacon Robert Huber, while at Mother Seton Parish
ASH WEDNESDAY:
- Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, Ash Wednesday, February 6, 2008 (vatican.va)
- Ash Wednesday-Marks Beginning of Lent, adw.org, Feb. 3, 2008
- USCCB Readings for Ash Wednesday, 2008
- Pope Benedict XVI Homily for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
- Feature - Where does the Ash Wednesday ash tradition come from?, americancatholic.org, Feb. 25, 2004
- Ash Wednesday, catholicculture.org
- What Are the Origins of Ash Wednesday and the Use of Ashes?, William Saunders (catholicculture.org/Arlington Catholic Herald, Feb. 15, 1996)
- Ash Wednesday and Catholic Practice, St. Anthony Messenger, March 2003
- Remember, To Dust You Will Return Holy Father's 1999 Ash Wednesday homily (catholicculture.org)
- Reflections on Ash Wednesday 2002 by Reverend James P. Moroney (USCCB)
- Ash Wednesday [Catholic Encyclopedia]
THE LENTEN SEASON:
- Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2008, vatican.va (Spanish)
- Message of His Holiness John Paul II for Lent 2005,vatican.va (Spanish )
- The Holy See: Lent 2008 (Spanish)
- Vatican: Catechism Lent
- Resources for Lent and Easter, and Lenten Resources Home Page, USCCB Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy
- Preparing for Easter, USCCB
- Some Recent Articles
- Lent a Time for Renewal, We Should Face Lent With "New Spirit," Says Benedict XVI, Zenit, Feb. 26, 2006
- Gospel Commentary: The Joy of Fasting, Fr. Jerome Magat, catholicherald.com, Feb. 23, 2006
- A Lent Pilgrimage; Valentine's Legacy- Station Churches Are Home to Tradition, Zenit, Feb. 10, 2005
- Pope Reflects on Lent as Time of Conversion, Zenit, Feb-22-2004
- On the Meaning of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving in Lent, Zenit, Feb-26-2004
- John Paul II Again Urges Aid to Children This Lent, Zenit, Feb-25-2004
- LENT: JOURNEY OF PRAYER, PENITENCE AND CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM, EWTN/VIS, Feb-25-2004
- EWTN's Daily Lenten Reflections
- Catholic Culture: The Lenten Workshop, catholicculture.org
- Observe Lent as a Catholic, osv.com
- Our Sunday Visitor: Lent—What does it mean?, osv.com, February, 2008
- USCCB Lenten Resources (2002) and Preparing for Easter
- Catholic Online - Lent, catholiconline.come
- Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter [cptryon.org]
- Lent - Passion of Christ (Catholic Information Network)
- Catholic Start Directory: » Seasonal » LENT
- And, lastly:
From AmericanCatholic.org
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
"Via Crucis" - A photographic journey to Calvary along the Via Dolorosa by the Franciscans of the Fransciscan Cyberspot
Stations of the Cross, as prayed by Pope John Paul II,
at the Colessium in Rome, April 13, 2001 [vatican.va]USCCB Stations of the Cross as prayed by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday 1991.
Address of the Holy Father at the Conclusion of the "Stations of the Cross" [Good Friday, 28 March, 1997]
A Journey to Calvary - The Way of the Cross for the Terminally Ill, [USCCB] PDF Download / Web Page Translation
Catholic Online - Stations of the Cross [Catholic online / catholic.org]
The Stations Of The Cross [Joseph's Catholic Webatorium]
Stations of the Cross by St. Francis of Assisi [catholicfirst.com]
Stations of the Cross, in both Spanish and English [as illustrated by 7th Graders at Arcadia Catholic School, Arcadia, WI]
The Stations of the Cross, by Cardinal Newman (1860)
Stations of the Cross - Devotions of the Passion, its origins and history; offering 5 ways to Pray the Stations [cptryon.org]
OTHER SITES OF INTEREST:
- Vatican - Holy Week 2008, Holy Week 2007, Holy Week 2006, Holy Week 2005, Holy Week 2004 [Note: the Vatican's Holy Week 2008 page is not yet available, however trhe link should work once it is put online.]
- Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (Franciscan Cyberspot)
- Vatican Pontifical Academy: The Lenten Stations [Note: to translate each page to English, use Google's tranlastion page. Copy the URL address for the desired page and paste it into the "Translate a web page" blank, set the translation to "Italian to English," and click the translate page.]
Fasting and Feasting for Lent Fast from “give me.” Feast on “thank you.” ~Anonymous |
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If anyone knows of any other Lent-related web sites that you feel others in the parish might enjoy visiting, please drop me a note (at JimCook310@aol.com) and I will see if it I can add it to those above.
