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14 Φεβ 2024 · Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We ...
27 Φεβ 2024 · Begin Lent with beautiful Lenten prayers. Each and every day we are called on to become closer to God. We can answer that call with our actions and our prayers. This Lenten Season take a step closer to the Lord with these special Lenten prayers. God, heavenly Father, look upon me and hear my prayer during this holy Season of Lent. Highlights.
Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are central to Lent as they holistically address our spiritual needs: prayer strengthens our relationship with God, fasting fosters personal transformation, and almsgiving connects us to others, particularly the needy.
The three main things people focus on during Lent are prayer, fasting (abstaining from something to reduce distractions and focus more on God) and giving, or charity. Prayer during Lent focuses on our need for God’s forgiveness.
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.
21 Φεβ 2024 · Pope Francis said in his Ash Wednesday homily, 'Lent is also a privileged time for prayer', He quoted St. Augustine, who described fasting and almsgiving as "the two wings of prayer," because they are signs of humility and charity.
