(Photo: Unsplash) If you’re anything like me, Ash Wednesday feels like it was about 40 days ago. But, surprisingly, we’re only a little...

Why is it that the day after you give up chocolate, coffee, or soda for Lent, your local grocery store builds a huge display of it at the...

The word quarantine comes from a contraction of the Italian words (in the Venetian dialect) for 40 days, referring to the length of time...

Lent provides the opportunity for a spiritual restart. Below are descriptions of five excellent books and comments from the authors on...

“Well, it’s almost the weekend.” Who has not heard a co-worker utter this phrase on a Thursday or Friday morning? “The weekend” presents...

In my last column I looked at the need for conversion and repentance for sin. The goal of Lent, however, does not end there, but looks...

“Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15). You may hear these words of Jesus on Ash Wednesday, which can be said when you receive...

Best-selling author Father Jacques Philippe is a native of France whose books have become classics of contemporary Catholic spirituality....

Go beyond giving up chocolate this Lent. The capital or deadly sins were not named for being unforgivable or because of their gravity;...

A few weeks before Ash Wednesday, an Associated Press squib with Lenten implications appeared in the Washington Post sports section: *...

It’s estimated that the average American can save around $700 if they give up chocolate, fast food, alcohol, caffeine and cigarettes...