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Lent, 2020

(Ecc 3:1-7) All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build. A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

UPDATES (Including COVID-19 RELATED UPDATES): Non-subscribers can access items emailed during Lent at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tribulaton-times

VATICAN.VA: MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2020

CATHOLIC HERALD: The perfect Fulton Sheen book for Lent ("Characters of the Passion")

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER: Lenten Living: A Family Guide

THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY: Be quiet this Lent

EXCERPT A BRIEF MEDITATION ON LENT: Through the discipline of quiet prayer, we acknowledge and affirm the sovereignty of almighty God in our lives. In doing so, we surrender the notion of living according to the principle of power; we accept that we are not the measure of all things. In the practice of fasting, we seek to overcome the power that material things have gained over us; we strive to be servants of the sacred and not merely masters of the material and profane. Finally, we are called to almsgiving, through which we share the fruits of our labor with those in need, and thus surrender our natural tendency to be self-seeking. Prayer which unites us to God, fasting which curbs our ceaseless desires, almsgiving which allows us to actively love our neighbor as ourselves --- these are the transforming gifts of Lent.

EASTER 2020 DATES

February 26 - Ash Wednesday
April 5 - Palm Sunday
April 9 - Maundy (Holy) Thursday
April 10 - Good Friday
April 12 - Easter Sunday (Western Christianity - Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion, Protestant Churches, etc.)
April 19 - Orthodox Easter Sunday (Orthodox Christianity - Eastern Orthodox Churches)
April 19- Divine Mercy Sunday

LENTEN SABBATICAL

The TRIB TIMES will not be updated again this year during the Lenten season, extending to the first week after Easter. My computer time will be limited to 30 minutes each morning and evening during Lent. I will read all emails I receive, and will answer all that I can, time permitting. I may also occasionally email non-reformatted news articles to Trib Times subscribers that I find to be of particular interest. But barring a major event (admittedly not unlikely these days), the Trib Times web page itself will not be updated.

I apologize to all who have recently subscribed but will keep your email information for use after my return. God willing, the next issue of the Trib Times should be shortly after Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, 2020. Please keep me in your prayers, and be assured that I will do the same.

I recommend the following links to keep up with unfolding events:

Catholic News
http://www.ewtnnews.com/
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/
http://www.catholicnews.com/
Signs of the Times
http://www.spiritdaily.com/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/
http://www.lifenews.com/

Readings & Meditations for Lent & Holy Week
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/index.html
http://www.lentreflections.com/
http://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever/

Catholic Commentary
Courageous Priest
Crisis Magazine
Aleteia

Newer subscribers may also be interested in a meditation that first appeared in the Trib Times in 2004, The Pain of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

LINK TO DONATE TO AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED: https://www.aidtochurch.org/lent2020

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 28- "On holy and blessed prayer"

11. If you feel sweetness or compunction at some word of your prayer, dwell on it; for then our guardian angel is praying with us.

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