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40 Things You Should Give Up for Lent by John White - BigPulpit.com

This Lent, Go to the Movies with the Daily Examen – Sr. Theresa Noble, Pursued by Truth

5 Free Activities for Lent 2014 – Shaun McAfee, Ignitum Today

Last-Minute Lent – Cari Donaldson, Aleteia

Dissing Matthew McConaughey's Beautiful Oscar Speech by Rebecca Hamilton - BigPulpit.com

6 Ways to Pray Your Way Through Lent – Karee Santos, Catholic Lane

Evangelization: Don’t Argue on the Internet – Dr. Robert Kurland, Catholic Stand

Our Lenten Journey – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane

The Rule of 3 in the Battle Against Sin – Dan Burke, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Lenten Practices: Inquisitions & Penitentiaries – Anthropology of Accord

Barcoding Human Embryos by Rebecca Taylor of Creative Minority Report - BigPulpit.com

Lenten Guide 2014 – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Accepting Miracles: Embracing Mystery – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand

Beyond the Great Lenten Phone & Facebook Fast – Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote

Hell in the Scheme of Things – J. C., Ignitum Today

Part 2: What Happened to Mary After Pentecost? – Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Ross Douthat’s Grim Prediction on 'Same-Sex Marriage' by Catholic Culture (CC) – God & Caesar

Lent, But Not As We Know It – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Priest of Andersonville – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Did Mary Keep Lent? Did Apostles Keep Lent? – Dr. Taylor Marshall

President Obama’s ‘Right to Worship’ Ushers in New State Religion by Fr. James V. Schall, SJ – God & Caesar

Make Your Lent Beautiful with Lent at Ephesus – Ch. S. Morrissey, The Catholic World Report

Prudence: Working Life’s Jigsaw Puzzle – Stacy Trasancos PhD

Even the Tiniest Lenten Sacrifice Is Valuable – Ann Widdecombe, The Catholic Herald

Bob Buschine: A Child Prodigy & The Social Revolution – Howard Duncan, Catholic Stand

An Illustrated Guide to Lenten Fasting & Abstinence – Jonathan Teixeira, Focus Blog

The Will to be Free – Vicki Burbach, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Want to Conform to Christ This Lent? Simple, Serve More – Kelly Wahlquist, Integrated Catholic Life™

Why I Hate the Latin Mass by Ben Yanke of the New Liturgical Movement – BigPulpit.com

Singing Our Contrition: Reflections on Music in Lenten Liturgy – Karen Ullo, Dappled Things

Vatican Releases Pope Francis’s Lenten Schedule – Cindy Wooden, The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis Prepares to Leave Rome for Lenten Retreat – The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis Begins Establishing a Parallel Curia by Andrea Gagliarducci - BigPulpit.com

A Revolution on Marriage in Rome? – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Love Unleashed Through Suffering - Dawn Eden, First Things

U. S. Author’s Message of Hope Comes to Scotland – Scottish Catholic Observer

Spiritual Healing After Sexual Abuse – John Burger, The Catholic World Report

How Should a Catholic Respond to the Awful Abuse Scandal? – Francis Phillips, The Catholic Herald

Blessed be the Peacemaker – Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

The New Evangelization at Your Local Library – Michael Blissenbach, Aleteia

Regularly Scheduled Dominican Rite Mass in Rome – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, New Liturgical Movement

Is the Kyrie Part of the Penitential Rite? – Jeff Ostrowski, Views from the Choir Loft

Bishop A. J. Serratelli Speaks About Roman Missal, Third Edition – Jeff Ostrowski, Views from the Choir Loft

It’s Good to Go Back in Time - Fr. Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Book Notice: 2 Updated Editions – Fr. Thomas Kocik, New Liturgical Movement

Peter Wagner 1903 Kyriale In Gregorian Notation – Jeff Ostrowski, Views from the Choir Loft

The Experience of Morality (Notes on Nic. Eth. ii) – James Chastek PhL, Just Thomism

Bishop Olson Suspends Traditional Latin Mass, Fisher-More College President in Dissent – Fr. Z's Blog

Cause Investigator: G. K. Chesterton Breaks Mold of Holiness – Mark Greaves, The Catholic Herald

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Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist

The Lord Has Need of It

‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals the boundless humility of our Savior and his longing for union with us.

Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist

The Lord Has Need of It

‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals the boundless humility of our Savior and his longing for union with us.