The first Sunday of Lent, called Quadragesima Sunday or Invocabit Sunday, is after Ash Wednesday on March 9, 2025. Why do people eat fish on Fridays during Lent?

For the first Sunday of Lent, Catholic churches around the world will be proclaiming Psalm 51, which has the refrain, "Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned." ...

On this First Sunday of Lent, two faith leaders revealed their thoughts about praying to God and the intense preparation by Christians needed ahead of the Easter holiday this year.

Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. When is Lent 2025? This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on ...

It always occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full moon ... This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on Thursday, April 17. It lasts six weeks before Easter.

First Sunday of Lent. March 9, 2025. Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Psalm 91 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13. In his first test, Diabolus goaded Jesus to prove that he was Son of God by turning stone into bread ...

The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent every year is always the Temptation of Jesus, taken in turn from Matthew (this year), Mark and Luke. All three Synoptic Gospels ...

First Sunday of Lent Reflection All Lenten Reflections During Lent we are called to journey with Jesus as he remains in the desert for forty days. I am struck by the image of Jesus in today’s ...

This year, Passover begins on the evening of Saturday, April 12, and ends on the evening of Sunday, April 20. The Seder feast is held the first two nights of Passover and will be April 12-13 this ...

The 40-day period of Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. See the 2025 dates, and why and how Christians observe the religious holidays.