Category: Lent
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Lent 2025
Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. These are the times of Masses for Ash Wednesday in the St. Colmcille’s Pastoral Area; Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It…
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Holy Week
We should see this week as a single unit, summed up under the phrase “Paschal Mystery”. It includes the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, as well as his ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit. In fact, all these elements can actually be seen present on the cross…
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