Lenten Reflections
Each week throughout Lent, selected U.K. clergy help you navigate the milestones of this transformative season.
First Week of Lent: Baptism Saves You Now
2/18/2024
Fr. Robert Billing explains how Jesus is enthroned over all the spiritual powers, and pours out the Holy Spirit on all who come in faith and humility through the waters of Baptism.
Second Week of Lent: Listening to the Word of Truth
2/25/2024
The theme of the second week of Lent is listening to the word of truth. Fr. Benedict Kiely shows how we must reject lies that poison humanity, and listen to the Truth in Jesus.
Third Week of Lent: the Law of the Lord Perfectly Revives the Soul
3/3/2024
Fr. Christopher Lindlar shares the joyful nature of Laetare Sunday, which points to the miracle of the Eucharist, where God’s holy people are refreshed with His saving food.
Fourth Week of Lent: Laetare Sunday-Refreshment Or Mothering Sunday
3/10/2024
For Lent’s fourth week, Fr. Christopher Lindlar points to the miracle of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Mass on Maundy Thursday, where God’s people are refreshed with His saving food.
Fifth Week of Lent: Growing Prayerfully With Christ Through the Cross
3/17/2024
On the fifth Sunday, Fr. Andrew Chamiec shares how growth in the spiritual life occurs through obedience to Jesus, joining our sufferings with his ultimate sacrifice on the cross.
Palm Sunday: What Is Really Needed
3/24/2024
On Palm Sunday, Fr. Peter Wygnanski explains what’s important in life is to recognize we’re in need of God’s grace, providence and salvation. We can’t take His grace for granted.
First Week of Lent: Period of Penance, Purification, and Spiritual Renewal
3/9/2025
Fr. Benedict Kiely reflects on Lent as a time of penance, purification and spiritual renewal, discussing how Jesus resisted temptations in the wilderness by fasting and praying.
Second Week of Lent: Our Blessed Saviour's Glorious Transfiguration
3/16/2025
During the second week of Lent, Fr. Stephen Morrison explores Our Lord’s Transfiguration and His promise to transform society through the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion.
Third Week of Lent: Moses Encounters God in the Burning Bush
3/23/2025
Fr. Gerard Mary Toman discusses the encounter Moses had with God in the burning bush, hearing the Lord’s voice and being sent on his mission, can ignite our Lenten mission for God.
Fourth Week of Lent: Laetare Sunday, Rejoicing in God's Mercifiul Fatherhood
3/30/2025
On the fourth week of Lent, Laetare Sunday, Fr. Lawrence Lew shares the just cause for rejoicing in the merciful Fatherhood of God, as seen in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Fifth Week of Lent: Christ Forgives the Woman Caught in Adultery
4/6/2025
Join Fr. Pius Collins, O.Praem., on the fifth and final Sunday of Lent, as he examines the forgiveness Christ extends to the woman caught in adultery.
Palm Sunday: Jesus Approaches Jerusalem With Purpose and Mission
4/13/2025
Fr. Paschal Uche illuminates the clear purpose Jesus approached Jerusalem with on Palm Sunday and how by His saving actions, Jesus ensures God’s closeness with His people.
First Week of Lent - Man Does Not Live on Bread Alone
2/22/2026
From Holy Rosary Shrine at Dominic’s Priory in London, Fr. Nicholas Crowe speaks about Jesus’ teaching to overcome temptation by focusing on God and serving Him alone.
Second Week of Lent - This Is My Beloved Son
3/1/2026
From Buckfast Abbey in Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, Fr. Samuel Burke, discusses the Transfiguration of the Lord revealing the identity and kingship of Jesus.
Third Week of Lent - Jesus Offers Living Water
3/8/2026
From Holy Cross Leicester, Fr. John Church, dives into the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, where Jesus offers eternal wisdom by which to live.
Fourth Week of Lent - the Great Gifts of Baptism
3/15/2026
From Holy Rosary Shrine at St. Dominic’s Priory, Fr. Albert Robertson, explains the healing of the man born blind as a metaphor for baptism, reconciliation and illumination.
Fifth Week of Lent - the Resurrection and the Life
3/22/2026
From Holy Cross Leicester, Fr. John Farrell, recounts the raising of Lazarus from the dead and describes how it is evidence of Jesus’ divine power as the Resurrection and the Life.