Lent 2026 - Reflection on the Sunday Mass Readings during Lent

Lent 2026

Through reflections on the Sunday readings for Lent, Columban Fathers Dan Troy and Reg Howard accompany us as we walk this path. Along the way, we encounter our fragility met by Christ’s faithful obedience, our wounds touched by his healing presence, and our longing answered by his promise of resurrection. This journey leads us to the Cross - and beyond it - to the joy and wonder of the empty tomb.

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  An Easter Reflection: Recognising the Risen One

Apr 05, 2026
In that single word, everything changes. Recognition dawns. Grief gives way to joy. The Risen Christ reveals Himself not with spectacle, but with tenderness.
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  Palm Sunday 2026

Mar 29, 2026
Palm Sunday provides us with the opportunity to see that humanity has struggled for many centuries to understand its true vocation. We were created by God’s love and we have a unique ability to love one another.
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  Fifth Sunday of Lent 2026

Mar 22, 2026
At the tomb, Jesus, weeping, prayed to the Father for those who were there that they, after seeing Jesus raise Lazarus to life, would see the “glory of God” and believe that Jesus was sent by the Father. Today’s Gospel states that many of the people who had come to visit Martha and Mary believed after…
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  Fourth Sunday of Lent 2026

Mar 15, 2026
His encouragement to revisit our memories of particular places has been introduced to the ecology workshops that I have been involved in organizing in China. Participants are encouraged to be creative in representing a place of early memory.
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  Third Sunday of Lent - He meets us at the well

Mar 08, 2026
This Sunday invites us to see our own thirst differently. The places where we feel empty, tired, or ashamed are not obstacles to God - they are the very places where Christ waits for us. He pours out the Spirit who heals, restores, and sends.
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  Second Sunday of Lent 2026

Mar 01, 2026
Lent invites us into a sacred journey - one that begins in the wilderness of our own weakness and leads us toward the dawning light of new life in Christ. It is a season where God patiently re-creates the human heart, teaching us to trust, to be transformed, and to hope again.
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  First Sunday of Lent 2026

Feb 22, 2026
This First Sunday, the beginning of Lent, also takes us, through the Scripture readings, to beginnings - Creation and the preparation of Jesus for his mission.
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  Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of renewal in our Lenten journey

Feb 16, 2026
Lent as a pilgrimage can be seen too as a personal journey from darkness to light. Lent is a time of hope and trust as we place our lives before our loving, merciful God.
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