Presiding Bishop’s Lenten message 2008
The Church gradually took on the discipline of Lent in solidarity with those preparing for baptism at the Easter Vigil. That preparation work has traditionally been summarized as prayer and […]
Lent Materials Available
[…] Melton, UTO Staff Officer If the title of this article shocked you, I apologize, but Lent is very early this year (it’s a Valentine’s Day/Ash Wednesday year again), and we […]
Lent 2024: 40 Days of Gratitude and Presence
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer This year our theme for Lenten materials is “40 Days of Grateful Presence” and a call to giving thanks for the many things in […]
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent
The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, and continues to the festive day of Easter on April 5. The following are offerings from the Domestic and […]
Comfort in the Midst of Suffering, Lent 5 (C) – 2019
On this fifth Sunday in Lent, our thoughts turn to suffering. As they should since we are fast approaching Holy Week and the Walk of Sorrows. This is why the […]
A Roadmap for Our Lenten Journey…, Lent 1 (C) – 2007
The lessons for the first Sunday in Lent can be viewed as a roadmap for our Lenten journey. They embody the theme of journeying: travel, protection, and longing for a […]
Share your Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, Easter experiences with the entire Church
The holy season of Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday and continues to the festive day of Easter. This season, consider sharing your experiences with the entire Episcopal Church […]
The Altar Is Our Banquet Table, Lent 4 (C) – 2013
One year at the start of Lent, a sweet-natured seminarian with a wickedly funny approach to theology decided to give up his vegetarianism for the duration. Part of his motivation […]
EPPN Alert: Lent: – Violence Against Women
The season of Lent challenges Christians to repentance — a radical reordering of life — in order that we may more fully encounter God through worship and prayer; proclamation of […]
Death, Lent 5 (A) – 2023
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 These long readings from John’s Gospel during Lent have a depth and a power to them that can, if we take them […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (C) – 2019
Joshua 5:9-12 As we continue our journey in Lent, we are invited in a deeper awareness of our bondage to sin and the threshold decision moments in our lives. At […]
One Could Summarize…, Lent 2 (A) – 2008
[…] went to the mountaintop with Jesus and witnessed the Transfiguration. On the first Sunday in Lent we reflected on his temptation in the wilderness at the start of his public […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (A) – 2023
[…] 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Ezekiel 37:1-14 In addition to its inclusion in the fifth Sunday of Lent, this well-known passage also serves as one of the suggested readings for the Great […]
In Trust and Hope, Lent 5 (A) – 2017
These long readings from John’s Gospel during Lent have a depth and a power to them that can reach to the very core of our lives. Today we hear about […]
EPPN Alert: Lent – Human Trafficking
This Lent, we are committed to reflecting upon and transforming our culture of violence toward one in which we may all live safely and freely into the fullness of whom […]
Go! for Lent: Psalm 121:8
If Lent – and life – is a journey, then we can have no better words to be our companions on the way than the eight verses of Psalm 121. […]
The Gospel Reading Today…, Lent 4 (B) – 1997
The gospel reading today, the fourth Sunday in Lent, is the “feeding of the multitude.” It is a familiar biblical story, the almost everyone has heard before. It is precisely […]
Go! for Lent: Esther 4:16
[…] can make from this novel. Esther 4:16 is a powerful and inspiring verse for this Lent season. What can we learn from this Jewish woman, also allegedly Queen of Persia? […]
Liturgical Colors
[…] or festival days, as well as marriages and funerals. PURPLE/VIOLET for Advent (or ROYAL BLUE) & Lent (or UNBLEACHED LINEN). RED is used in Holy Week, the Day of Pentecost, and at […]
Bible Study: Lent 1 (C) – 2019
[…] thinking, after reading this lesson, that the season of stewardship drives had begun rather than Lent—what is all this about offerings? Are we being called to repent for our lackluster […]