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Tag: Ash Wednesday

Dust Thou Art and unto Dust Thou shalt Return

February 18, 2026 Team ICM Catholic Culture, Faith / Spirituality

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent, has been a very difficult day for me since the death of my Dad. The finality

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Making a Difference: Lent Urges Us to Venture From Darkness into the Light

February 17, 2026 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s wake-up call that our

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Lent: A Time for Greening Our Souls

February 16, 2026 Team ICM Features

Janina Gomes – Lent, the 40-day journey toward Easter that begins on Ash Wednesday, is often reduced to a somber season of repentance—forsaking sins, bad

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Lent: Uniqueness of 40 & 50 Days of Fast in India

February 15, 2026 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Chev. Prof. George Menachery – When it comes to observing Lent, India occupies a unique place with the presence of 168 dioceses out of

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Ash Wednesday: Thou Art Dust

February 14, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

[tta_listen_btn] By Jacqueline Kelly – Easter is the greatest of all feasts. We have two periods of preparation for it, called Pre-Lent and Lent. Pre-Lent

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Ashes to Green, Sin to Salvation

February 13, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – The world took notice of the devastating effects of climate change when wildfires ravaged millions of hectares of forest land

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Ash Wednesday Homily: Ashes Are a Symbol of Penance

February 13, 2024 Team ICM Homilies

Fr. Eugene Lobo SJ – Ash Wednesday: February 22, 2023 Joel 2, 12-18, 2 Cor 5, 20- 6, 2, Mt 6, 1-6, 16-18 Ash Wednesday

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40 Days: A Time of Grace for Stripping Away the Superficial

February 21, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

Fr Joshan Rodrigues – My fortieth birthday just a few short months ago, conjured up within me a feeling of deep introspection. Birthdays are a

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Lent a Season for Repentance, Renewal and Reliving in Christ

February 19, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Vivek Lionel Basu – In the annual liturgical cycle of the Church, two long periods of Lent and Easter play an important role

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Let Us Venture Together from Darkness into the Light

February 18, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Tony Magliano – On Ash Wednesday, with dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads we were each invited to call to mind that this mortal

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A Cry for God’s Mercy and Forgiveness

February 16, 2021 Team ICM Features

By John Malvino Alfonso, OCD – Today, 17th February 2021, the Church observes Ash Wednesday. In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first

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Lent is Easy! It’s Simply Springtime and Grace

February 14, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – Like Advent, Lent is a time to open the doors of our hearts a little wider and understand our Lord a little

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Journey Through Lent with the Our Father

March 18, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name To call God “Father” is to declare and profess that we

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Lent 2020: Ready to Dialogue?

February 25, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5: 20) A proposal from the

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How the Bible Can Positively Influence Your Diet

March 16, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture, Healthcare

By Dr. Michael Donaldson – The Bible is a wealth of knowledge for healthy eating for all who wish to explore it. From the Old Testament

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