My 15-year-old son was staring out the window as he leaned on the dining room table. From behind he looked like he was posing for a sculpture: his strong, lithe body perfectly still, one hand balanced ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing throughout the 2026 season, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering daily Lenten Meditations in English and Spanish, ...

The Basilica of St. Edwards will host a Lenten musical meditation titled "Come Back to Me" on Friday. In preparation for Easter, the Basilica of St. Edward is inviting the public to a Lenten musical ...

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents Lenten meditations for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 26, 2021.

A screen grab shows Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik, an artist and theologian, giving a Lenten meditation March 6, 2020, from the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Priests who work at the Vatican were ...

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents Lenten meditations for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 26, 2021. “The ...

BRISTOL, Va. — Her delicate fingers glided over several rows of keys on the vintage organ. She turned and beamed as cascades of pendulous notes draped the aisles and pews within the warm sanctuary of ...

I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” (Mary Oliver, “When Death Comes”) I was first introduced to the world of Mary Oliver’s poetry by my spiritual ...

Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., presents its annual Lenten Jazz Vespers program every Sunday evening until Easter. The short, evening meditations feature performances by New Orleans jazz ...

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We, as Catholics, are called to walk through the desert with Christ for 40 days and 40 nights. The season of Lent is one of the holiest times of the ...