Leaders offer Lenten reflections

– Read the Most Rev. Eusebius Beltran’s remarks about Lent, go to the Sooner Catholic Online: The liturgical season of Lent. Beltran is archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. – The Rev. Robert Hayes Jr., bishop of the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference, discusses the Lenten season in his recent online column: Bishop Hayes on Lent. – The Rev. David Nehrenz, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman had this to say: “Our Epiphany Light — Jesus!.”

– The Rev. Mark McAdow, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City, blogged about Lent … or ist it lint?: Lent or Lint.

– Father Hamilton at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kingfisher offered general Lenten comments: Time for Lent.

– A Lenten Devotional Booklet is offered on the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma’s Web site. To read the devotional, created by Daughters of the King at St. John’s Episocpal Church in Tulsa, go to the diocese’s Web site:  Lenten Devotional.

– The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers information about  Lent information on a Web site: Lent.

(PHOTOS: From left to right, the Rev. Mark McAdow, the Most Rev. Eusebius Beltran and the Rev. Robert Hayes Jr.)

Look for more Lent-related blog postings here on the Religion and Values blog in the days ahead. 

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor