This is the Daily Gospel for February 21, 2026, which is the Saturday after Ash Wednesday. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, February 20, 2026 Daily Gospel, February 19, 2026 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, ...

“Yet even now, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning,” says God. Joel explains to sinful people that their only hope is repentance, which involves a change of ...

Several churches in the Jacksonville area are hosting traditional Friday Fish Fry events during the Lenten season. See locations and dates.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged prayer and spiritual reawakening among Nigerians. He spoke at an Ash ...

This Ash Wednesday many Christians will arrive at work with a black cross smudged on their foreheads; countless more will ...

Kosovo’s religious diversity came to light this week as the Balkan nation’s Christian and Muslim communities both embarked on a traditional period of fasting and spiritual reflection ...

Millions of Christians around the world attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season that prepares the ...

A theologically conservative denomination founded as an alternative to the United Methodist Church now has more than 7,000 ...

For the first time in six years, two priests and a nun escorted by police have walked past barbed wire and concrete barriers ...

The Rev. Phil Egitto, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Daytona Beach, brought the beginning of Lent to Main Street Feb. 18.

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional ...

How rare it is to find adults who repent — individuals, businesses and institutions that admit they have done wrong,” Pope Leo said in his homily in the Basilica of Santa Sabina.