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Lent is a Catholic colonoscopy. We need to go deep into ourselves and look at ourselves very closely. Here is a list of questions that will help you. Do you have a serious spiritual life? Do you attend Mass every Sunday unless you are very sick? Do you do unnecessary work on Sunday? Do you practice the virtue of charity? Are you patient and kind?
The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The key to renewed appropriation of these practices is to see their link to baptismal renewal. Prayer: More time given to prayer during Lent should draw us closer to the Lord. We might pray especially for the grace to live out our baptismal promises more fully.
5 ημέρες πριν · 3 Questions for Examining Your Heart as You Progress Through the Penitential Season of Lent. 1. Has your fasting and penance brought you joy? Are the rigors of your Lenten prayer and practices becoming a source of a deeper excitement for and engagement in life? This should be the case! 2. Has examining you heart led to greater stillness and ...
4 Μαρ 2024 · What is Lent? Is it actually forty days long? Are Sundays really "excluded from Lent"? You've got questions, and we've got answers.
Below are daily prayers, reflections and books you may find helpful as you seek to make the most out of this Lenten & Easter season. God can and will do glorious things in your life if you let Him!
21 Φεβ 2020 · What Is Lent? With ashes administered, we now begin Lent, a period of forty-six days (forty when Sundays are excluded) that commemorates the time Jesus spent in the desert prior to beginning his public ministry as Messiah.
20 Φεβ 2023 · The Christian year centers on the major events of salvation history, celebrating Jesus’ birth, death, resurrection, and the sending of the Holy Spirit. Lent refers to the forty days leading up to Easter. The Lenten season is set aside for self-examination, spiritual renewal, and growth. In many churches, it is seen as a time for fasting and ...
