Lent Central 2010

Here again this year is "Lent Central," filled with links to excellent resources for the season. I've also placed a link for it on the sidebar to the right. Throughout the season I will continue to update it.

Pope Benedict XVI's Ash Wednesday Audiences:

• 17 February 2010
• 25 February 2009
• 6 February 2008
• 21 February 2007
• 1 March 2006

Pope Benedict XVI's Ash Wednesday Homilies:

• 25 February 2009
• 6 February 2008
• 21 February 2007
• 1 March 2006

Pope Benedict XVI's Messages for Lent:

• Lent 2010
• Lent 2009
• Lent 2008
• Lent 2007
• Lent 2006

Pope Benedict XVI's Lenten Homilies:

• Penitential Celebration, 2007
• The Third Sunday of Lent, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI's Lenten Addresses for the Angelus:

• The Sunday Before Ash Wednesday, 2006
• The First Sunday of Lent, 2009
• The First Sunday of Lent, 2008
• The First Sunday of Lent, 2007
• The First Sunday of Lent, 2006
• The Second Sunday of Lent, 2007
• The Second Sunday of Lent, 2006
• The Third Sunday of Lent, 2008
• The Third Sunday of Lent, 2007
• The Third Sunday of Lent, 2006
• The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2008
• The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2007
• The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2006
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2008
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2007
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2006
• Palm Sunday. 2007
• Palm Sunday, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Week Homilies

• Palm Sunday, 2008
• Palm Sunday, 2007
• Palm Sunday, 2006
• Chrism Mass, 2008
• Chrism Mass, 2007
• Chrism Mass, 2006
• Holy Thursday, 2008
• Holy Thursday, 2007
• Holy Thursday, 2006

My Ash Wednesday Homilies:

• 25 February 2009
• 6 February 2008
• 21 February 2007

Lenten Q & A:

• Should holy water be removed during Lent?
• Can an infant be baptized during Lent?
• Why do we eat fish on Fridays?
• Can "significant others" be sponsors or godparents?
• Where did the closing song go?
• PhatCatholic Lenten Q & A
• Aggie Catholics Lenten Q & A
• Jimmy Akin's Lenten links
• Fr. Jay Toborowsky's Lenten links

My Lenten Homilies:

• The First Sunday of Lent: (2009)
• The First Sunday of Lent (2008)
• The Second Sunday of Lent (2009)
• The Second Sunday of Lent (2008)
• The Third Sunday of Lent (2008)
• The Third Sunday of Lent (2006)
• The Third Sunday of Lent (2005)
• The Fourth Sunday of Lent (2008)
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent (2008)
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent (2007)
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent (2006)

My Holy Week Homilies:

• Palm Sunday: at the Blessing of Palms and at the Mass (2008)
• Palm Sunday: at the Blessing of Palms and at the Mass (2007)
• Holy Thursday (2008)
• Holy Thurdsay (2007)
• Good Friday (2008)
• Good Friday (2007)
• At the Vigil of Easter (2008)
• Easter Sunday (2008)

Various Lenten Resources:

• Pascale Solemnitatis: Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts
• "We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" - Pastoral Letter of Bishop George J. Lucas
• "Come to God through sacrament of penance and reconciliation" - Bishop George J. Lucas
• Resources from the USCCB
• "Lent: Why the Christian Must Deny Himself" by Austin G. Murphy, O.S.B.
• "Let Me Off At the Stations" by Fr. V. of Adam's Ale
• "The 25 Year Confession" by Fr. V. of Adam's Ale
• "The Glory of the These Forty Days" by Thom at Ad Dominum
• "The Cross of Christ, the Measure of the World," by John Henry Cardinal Newman
• "The Spiritual Benefits of Fasting," by Fr. Kyle Schnippel
• "Who Creates Anew? A Lenten Reflection" [on the song, "Ashes"], by Carl Olson
• An Examen for the Elderly, by Fr. Valencheck