Tag: penance
Abstaining from Meat
On Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays during Lent, Catholics 14 years of age and older are required to abstain from eating meat....
Good Friday
Friday of the Passion of the Lord, also known as Good Friday, is celebrated on the Friday before Easter and commemorates the end of...
Lenten Fasting
Jesus fasted and He taught his disciples to fast, not merely to eat less food but to experience an interior conversion. Christian spiritual fasting,...
Stations of the Cross
From the earliest days of the Church, faithful Christians have made trips to the Holy Land to follow the footsteps of Jesus on the...
The Three Pillars of Lent
Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are fundamental practices in the life of a Catholic. They are performed with even more intensity during the season of...
Abstaining from Meat
On Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays during Lent, Catholics 14 years of age and older are required to abstain from eating meat....
Friday Penance
Because Jesus died on Good Friday, every Friday should be set aside as a day abstinence and mortification for Catholics, in prayerful remembrance of...
Good Friday
Friday of the Passion of the Lord, also known as Good Friday, is celebrated on the Friday before Easter and commemorates the end of...
Lenten Fasting
Jesus fasted and He taught his disciples to fast, not merely to eat less food but to experience an interior conversion. Christian spiritual fasting,...
Stations of the Cross
From the earliest days of the Church, faithful Christians have made trips to the Holy Land to follow the footsteps of Jesus on the...