The Meaning of Lent The English word ‘Lent’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Lencten, meaning ‘Spring’. In other languages the word comes from the Latin, Quadragesima – a period of 40 days. In the Christian tradition the forty days is understood to refer to a time of intense prayer and preparation; we remember the biblical […]
Facts about Lent: Lent is a time when Christian people get ready for Easter. Lent is a sacred time within the Church calendar. It is a time of fasting, prayer and almsgiving. Lent lasts for forty days reminding us of the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert doing penance and fasting. It begins […]
In Lourdes, France, in 1844 a baby girl named Bernadette Soubirous was born. Bernadette’s family was very poor, and Bernadette was responsible for looking after and caring for her brothers and sisters. Bernadette was a good natured girl with dark eyes and a round face. The only education Bernadette received was the Catholic teachings which […]
Bernadette Soubirous was born of a very poor family in Lourdes, a small village at the foothills of the Pyrenees in the south of France. It was on the 11th of February 1858, whilst she and her sisters went to collect brush wood for the house fire, that 14 year-old Bernadette saw the first of […]
Forty days after Christmas Day, on Sunday 2nd February we celebrate the feast of “The Presentation of the Lord”. It was forty days after the birth of Jesus that his parents presented him to God the Father in the Temple in Jerusalem. At his Presentation in the Temple, Jesus was recognised for who he was […]