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.

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 First Sunday of Lent always features Jesus’ temptation in the desert, and today, we hear Luke’s rendition of the story.

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 ...

One year ago today, on the first Sunday of Lent in the year of our Lord 2020, I stood right here and preached about the three Lenten penitential practices: fasting, prayer and almsgiving.

Readings for the First Sunday of Lent Reflection: Deuteronomy 26: 4–10 Romans 10: 8–13 ... This Lent as we think about what to do to grow in the Christian life, we might decide to finally start being ...

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?

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 ...

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