The Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock
Click a headline below to read selected stories from Arkansas Catholic’s special Lenten section which appeared in the Feb. 9, 2013 issue. For other Lenten resources in English, visit our diocesan website or here in Spanish.
“How to pray? This is a simple matter. I would say: Pray any way you like, so long as you do pray.”
— Blessed John Paul II
Prayer has never been more popular these days.
Prayer has its own institute, its own day, its own Facebook page and its own TV channel. Prayer is taught in divinity schools and kindergarten religion class. Prayer is big business, returning 303 million web sites with a single search many touting countless More... 
Lent is a particularly powerful time of year to pray. It is a time for us to lay bare our souls and offer atonement for those times we have fallen short. God gives us prayer as a standing invitation to redemption. We can bring our hearts to the Lord anytime we like, in any manner we like, confident that we are heard and loved and understood, no matter what.
Remember, just as there is no one More...
1. Remember the formula: The Church does a good job capturing certain truths with easy-to-remember lists and formulas: 10 Commandments, seven sacraments, three persons in the Trinity. For Lent, the Church gives us almost a slogan — prayer, fasting and almsgiving — as the three things we need to work on during the season.
2. It’s a time of prayer: Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40 days. As we pray, we More...
Parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock provided these schedules for Lenten activities. Call the parish for details before making your plans to attend. Holy Week events will be published at a later date.
Arkadelphia
St. Mary
Stations of the Cross, Fridays during Lent, 6 p.m.
Bald Knob
St. Richard
Stations of the Cross, Saturdays during Lent, 3:30 p.m.
Barling
Sacred Heart of Mary
Mass, Stations of the Cross and Meal, Fridays during Lent, 5:30 p.m.
Lenten retreat in Vietnamese, March 7-10
Batesville
St. Mary
Mass and Stations More...
Q. Is Ash Wednesday a holy day of obligation?
A. Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. The days of obligation all celebrate an event in the life of Jesus or Mary or a person (or persons as in the case of All Saints Day). Ash Wednesday does not, but it marks the beginning of a season. The day is chosen based on the fact that it’s 40 days before Good Friday. It is, More...
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