Why? Fulton Sheen on Reparation; Jimmy Akin on the connection between Ash Wednesday and the Old Testament; plus lenten apologetics.
What? Fast & abstinence rules in the U.S.; the USCCB's lenten resources; Confession made easy. Plus an examination of conscience.
Who? Not just Catholics.
Lenten reading/meditation: St. Bernard of Clairvaux's 12 Degrees of Humility & Pride; Cardinal Ratzinger's 2005 Stations of the Cross.
Lenten eating: meatless meals and bread for lent.
Plus: NCR's guide to Lent;
T.S. Eliot's "Ash Wednesday"
