Readings: Joel 2:12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20—6: 2 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Love cannot be silent. It must speak. We cannot love without going outside ourselves, which is why love must express itself. Of ...

The Christian celebration of Easter is a movable feast that is observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. However, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter, which commemorates the ...

Orange residents Sergio Fraga-Zacarias and Judit Ramirez, both 24, are looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday — both of which fall on Wednesday, Feb. 14 this year — in prayer ...

Lent begins this week with the observation of Ash Wednesday, one of the most important religious observations each year for Roman Catholics and other Christian groups. The day also starts a religious ...

If you see people with dark smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, don't think it's by mistake. Millions of Christians — mainly Catholics — will wear ashes on their foreheads after attending mass to ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving that Catholics and some other Christian denominations observe as a time of repentance and closeness to God in preparation for the day of Christ's ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

As spring slowly moves into sight, the Christian Easter season grows closer. However, Easter falls much later than usual this year. While the holiday sometimes comes in March, it can take place ...

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads and begin a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday, March ...