Elizabeth Scalia
He’s angry, and read it all. Hard but necessary Lenten reading. Here we are on the fourth Ash Wednesday of the church’s long scandal-ridden Lent. As we examine our consciences in Mass today, we ought to be asking ourselves what our sons and daughters, if they remain Catholic, surely will one day: Where were you [...]
In monastic houses, particularly in those following the Rule of St. Benedict (Benedictines and Trappists, among others) part of Lenten observation was to be spent in reading. During the days of Lent, they should be free in the morning to read until the third hour. . . . During this time of Lent each one [...]
First Reading:Psalm:Second Reading:Gospel:Joel 2:12-18Psalm 51:3-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18Turn away from sin, and be faithful to the Gospel. — Ash Wednesday It’s really funny about Ashes and Catholics…tell Catholics they HAVE to do something, and they stick their chests out and fume, “oh yeah? Who are YOU, the Pope?”Sometimes, as with [...]
Rebecca from Doxology was kind enough to give me a heads up about this week’s Catholic Carnival, the focus of which is LENT. Good and timely reading for Catholic and Lent-curious or Lent-inclined Protestants. A few that stood out immediately for me: Herbely’s The prophet Joel Explains Why We Need All Ten Commandments. Happy Catholic [...]
Let me go on record as saying I love Lent. It’s a wonderful time of preparation, and for all the fasting, abstaining and “quiet” time for prayer and introspection, it’s really quite cheerful – it’s like a spring cleaning for the soul. Mark over at Stones Cry Out is asking a question from my childhood, [...]
A friend of mine who is studying for the Permanent Diaconate related to me that he’d been wondering why so few priests wear their collars, anymore. He got his answer when one of his teachers, a priest who does wear his collar, reported that during the day he’d been spat upon and threatened with physical [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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