One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord,’ says Sirach 17:22, ‘and he will keep a person’s kindness like the ...

Eid al-Fitr is the celebration that marks the end of Ramadan, and it will take place in 2025 at the end of March.

We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices ...

We all desire our Lent to be a time of penance, walking alongside our Lord on His journey to Jerusalem. For some, it’s driven ...

The Church through sacred scripture gives us three primary tools for Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. In our Lenten ...

Perhaps because of our Triune God, a lot of things both religious and secular seem to be explained or expressed in threes.

It may be beneficial to reflect on the three foundational pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. These practices have been central to the season for centuries and are also linked to ...

In addition, by fasting from the temptation to hurry and recklessly rush about, we embrace the Lenten call to grow by living ...

A necessary framework for that is with the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Here are some ideas to get you started. You can adapt these to your kids’ ages and maturity levels.

The faithful are encouraged to pray, practice fasting, abstinence and almsgiving on Ash Wednesday, which signals the start of the Lenten Season. The Lenten Season is a 40-day season that ends on ...