Lenten Guide 2014
WHAT IS LENT?
Lent is a 40-day period of preparation for Easter Sunday and one of the major liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church. Signifying the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert after His baptism, it is a penitential season marked by prayer, fasting and abstinence, and almsgiving.
Lent is not necessarily about “giving something up” for 40 days only to return to it on day 41 or afterward, but is a period of ongoing conversion so that we may draw closer to Jesus. When we repent for our sins and then make a permanent- rather than temporary- change in our lifestyle, a spiritual transformation can take place. At the heart of repentance lies the call to conversion. “Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15)!
Here's to a happy and holy Lent!
Here's a great reading list for Lent, and another to which I would add this wonderful book.
You'll find Lenten activities for the whole family HERE.
Fr. Robert Barron’s Daily Lent Reflections (E-mail) (Watch the Video)
Three Phone Apps For Stealing Godly Moments During Lent
Pray Your Way Through Lent
Living Lent Daily
Lent -- USCCB links
Lent at Catholic Mom
The Forty Days of Lent 2014
Lenten Calendar
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