Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, Catholic Exchange - As we begin Lent, Christ’s three temptations in the desert give us the pattern by which we too are tested. Hence this Gospel is paired with the First Reading about the testing of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Where they fail, Jesus is victorious. Jesus’ temptations, like our own, are a testing of our trust... In this article, we will uncover the core of each temptation by focusing on the Scripture verse that Jesus responds with. As we consider the inner core of each temptation, you might ponder what this can look like in your own life and ask the Lord Jesus to meet you there. In each of these three tests, we will discover the possibility of a blessing hidden within.

By Grazie Christie, The Catholic Thing - As Lent begins again, and with it, the desire to follow Christ on the way to Calvary, I am fascinated, as all Western civilization has been for two millennia, by the Cross at the end of that uphill climb. It is the meeting point of all the things we dread. And perhaps the greatest mystery of all time is that God hung Himself on it... Over the years I’ve contemplated in turns his physical torment, the loneliness of his desolation, the way he watched his mother watch him die. This Lent a whole new avenue of prayer has been opened for me in St. John Henry Newman’s meditations on the mental suffering of Christ....

By Diane Motagna, The Catholic Thing - The leadership of the Society of Saint Pius X has announced that it will proceed with episcopal ordinations on July 1, despite the Vatican’s warning that doing so without a papal mandate “would constitute a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism).” In a letter dated Feb. 18 to Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani welcomed the Prefect’s offer to resume theological discussions but stated that he “cannot accept the perspective and objectives in the name of which the Dicastery offers to resume dialogue in the present situation ....