Even though the parish activities are cancelled during Lent, we can still make this a meaningful season. Below are online recommendations for prayers, meditations, and study.
Mass, Daily Scripture Readings, and Reflections
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St. Agnes Cathedral
Masses at St. Agnes Cathedral are on the Catholic Faith Network Monday - Friday 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM; Sunday 11 AM and 7 PM. Watch Live Online>> |
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Daily Mass on Word on Fire
Word on Fire invites you to join them online for daily Mass from Bishop Barron's chapel, celebrated either by Bishop Barron himself or by Fr. Steve Grunow, CEO of Word on Fire. Masses will be posted 8:15 AM each day. Daily Mass at Word on Fire>> |
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Daily Readings and Reflections
Daily readings, in text and audio, and video reflections provided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are available on our website, along with the Saint of the Day. Go to Daily Readings and Reflections>> |
Pray the Glorious Mysteries
Eight level 3 religion students couldn't go to class to pray the Rosary together. So they found a new way! You are invited to join them in prayer for the Glorious Mysteries.
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5 Episode Lenten Series
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A Lent to Remember
Using the highly-acclaimed Augustine Institute programs Symbolon and Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession, A Lent to Remember explores the ways God reaches out to each of us with his mercy. Through Christ's suffering on the cross in the Paschal Mystery and his perpetual reception of his people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God makes his love, his very self, present to us in the world. By reflecting on the Paschal Mystery and making a step-by-step examination of the Rite of Confession, A Lent to Remember communicates God's invitation to each one of us to come experience his indescribable love this Lent. Watch>> |
Lenten Meditations
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Lenten Reflections
Christ’s love for you is bursting forth. Embrace him and let his mercy pierce your heart during this Lenten season. Join us for a 40-day journey of welcoming his tender love, beginning with these short, daily videos from Scripture scholar Dr. Tim Gray. Live in Christ’s love and let him transform your life. Click here>> |
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My Beloved Son: Meditations for Lent by Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron offers five sermons on the spiritual discipline we must cultivate in the Lenten season, a discipline centered on Christ. These meditations cover topics such as finding our identity in God, prayer as the key to mission, our thirst for God, how to end our alienation from God, and how to embrace the way of happiness joyfully. Click here>> |
Stations of the Cross
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Meditations on the Stations of the Cross by Ronald Thomas
The Stations of the Cross is a devotion and reflection in which we walk alongside Jesus on His way to Calvary. By prayerfully participating in this meditation, we are able to see clearly in His passion and death the depths of God's love for mankind and the price He paid for our salvation. This presentation includes powerful meditations by Dr. Ronald Thomas, Assistant Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College, with prayer responses by students from the College. Click here>> |
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Glimpses Along the Way of the Cross
In these three beautiful talks, Monsignor James Shea guides us along the Stations of the Cross, teaching us how to open our hearts more to the suffering and loneliness of Jesus on His way to Calvary. Weaving together the insights of keen believers like Fr. Richard Neuhaus, Caryll Houselander, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, and Dr. James Edwards, these powerful meditations take us into the depths of Christ's agony, and back out again into the joy of what His sacrifice means for us. Click here>> |
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Stations of the Cross by Saint Alphonsus Liguori
The Augustine Institute presents a beautiful meditation on the Stations of the Cross by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, narrated by Dr. Christopher Blum. This prayerful reflection is accompanied by the Schola Cantorum of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Littleton, CO, chanting the traditional Catholic hymn Stabat Mater, in Latin, which depicts the loving presence of Our Sorrowful Mother, sharing in the suffering of Christ at the foot of the cross. Take advantage of this audio on your commute, at home, or anywhere you find the time, to enrich your prayer during Lent or throughout the year, and better unite yourself to the Passion of Christ. Click here>> |
YouTube Channels
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Ascension Presents YouTube Channel
Ascension Presents has many dynamic speakers to offer insight and perspective of our faith during the time of Lent - and Lent during COVID-19 (presented by Fr. Mike Schmitz). Ascension Presents YouTube Channel>> |
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Breaking in the Habit
Fr. Casey Cole documented his journey of being a Franciscan brother to being ordained a priest. He continues sharing his story with us throughout his rookie year. This is not how Fr. Casey imagined spending his first Lent as an ordained priest. Breaking in the Habit YouTube Channel>> |
