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Lent, 2025         

(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.

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ST. LEO THE GREAT:  "But there are three things which most belong to religious actions, namely prayer, fasting, and almsgiving… This threefold round of duty, dearly beloved, brings all other virtues into action: It attains to God’s image and likeness and unites us inseparably with the Holy Spirit. . For by prayer we seek to propitiate God, by fasting we extinguish the lusts of the flesh, by alms we redeem our sins: and at the same time God's image is throughout renewed in us, if we are always ready to praise Him, unfailingly intent on our purification and unceasingly active in cherishing our neighbour. This threefold round of duty, dearly beloved, brings all other virtues into action: it attains to God's image and likeness and unites us inseparably with the Holy Spirit.  Because in prayer faith remains steadfast, in fastings life remains innocent, in almsgiving the mind remains kind."

A CATHOLIC LIFE BLOGSPOT: Lent Preparation Guide
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER: Step Into the Mystery of Lent
CATHOLIC STAND: When the Lenten Season becomes a Lenten Life

CNA: Five Catholic resources to help you grow closer to Jesus this Lent

EASTER 2025 DATES

March 5 - Ash Wednesday
April 13 - Palm Sunday
April 17 - Maundy (Holy) Thursday
April 18 - Good Friday
April 20 - Easter Sunday (Western Christianity and Orthodox Christianity)
April 27- 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 27, 2025.  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
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/
https://www.ncregister.com/

Signs of the Times
http://www.spiritdaily.com/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/
http://www.lifenews.com/

Readings & Meditations for Lent & Holy Week
https://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/
https://hallow.com/collections/2112/
http://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever/

Catholic Commentary
The Catholic Thing
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.

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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks: Humility

 83. A brother asked a hermit, 'Tell me one thing, that I may keep it and live by it.' He said, 'If you can suffer injury and endure, this is a great thing, it is above all virtues.'

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