1. Lent in Iraq

2. Lord have mercy: Deaths by suicide, drugs and alcohol reached an all-time high last year

3. Brian Gaffney in the Wall Street Journal: My Mother’s Second Childhood

4.

.@CatholicNewsSvc is deeply concerned about disappearance of our contributor and journalistic colleague @CoWeddle. We ask Venezuelan gov't to release him and Carlos Camacho immediately. We urge the U.S. government to advocate on Cody's behalf and ask for prayers for his safety. pic.twitter.com/CxB66M8IED — Greg Erlandson (@GregErlandson) March 6, 2019

5. Blessed John Henry Newman: Unlearning Ourselves in Lent


6. Revisiting The Power and the Glory During Lent

7.

Ash Wednesday. I was once threatened with a "wrongful life" suit for a baby born with a cleft lip/palate. Listen to the story. pic.twitter.com/2ulIWIEDBr — Grazie P Christie MD (@GChristiemd) March 6, 2019

8. Lisa Wheeler, who has been an NRI speaker, talks about foster care and adoption.

Catholics and Pro-Lifers: Step Up and Support Foster Care and Adoption!! Foster care and adoption play extremely important roles in the pro-life movement, but how much do you know about what its like to foster or adopt children in need?Lisa Wheeler, a foster advocate and adoptive parent shares her story.Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrsJFHPT-fo&t=1s Posted by EWTN on Monday, March 4, 2019


9. Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits

10. The GIVEN Institute is looking for an executive director

PLUS: I was asked on Twitter about Lenten devotionals. Some options here, here, here, here, here, and here.

J.D. Flynn on Christ in the Desert

(Here he is on adoption.)

#MotherAngelica (in 2000) on #AshWednesday “Time is short, very short.The days pass quickly, don't you think?And one day it won't be ashes on our heads; it'll be ashes in the box and you'll be it. So have a happy Ash Wednesday!" #lent #lentsdothis #momentomori @ewtnnewsnightly pic.twitter.com/K1Mv3P545d — Susan Bruce (@SusanRBruce) March 6, 2019

Blessed Ash Wednesday!