Martina McBride isn't churning out hit songs as often as she did in her early career, she has lent her creativity to many ...

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the related religious ...

Ashes are a symbol of penance. Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ...

Lent (a season of spiritual renewal) came early this year. Tony Campolo tells a parable of a boring, little town that decided to hold a footrace. One man fell to his knees, crying, ‘I have crossed the ...

Songs that deserve a mention include Viva La Vida and Hymn for the Weekend, both designed to be performed live, amplifying their emotional and sonic impact. I first saw them perform live at the ...

That’s exactly what one church congregation sang as they were treated to a special Super Bowl Sunday hymn ahead of the Eagles’ showdown against the two-time defending Kansas City Chiefs.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Christians around the world began the liturgical season of Lent. The start of Lent is determined by the date of Easter, which fluctuates from year to year. Easter is determined as ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, has opened a new yearlong “synodal” consultation process on sacred music after a now-rescinded decree from the bishop last fall banning certain hymns ...

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...

Great Lent is a pregnancy (mourning menses gone), body spilling nausea ... She accompanies us now as we gather at her knees like children, revering with a hymn (never sitting) and touching with love ...