MAKING LENT SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY : MAKING LENT SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY Ideas for Practicing Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
PowerPoint Presentation: Spring training
PowerPoint Presentation: LENT
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PowerPoint Presentation: Joel 2:12-18 “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting…” 2Cor 5:20-6:2 “Be reconciled to God! Now is the acceptable time!” Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 “When you give alms… When you are praying… When you fast…”
PowerPoint Presentation: Joel 2:12-18 “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting … ” 2Cor 5:20-6:2 “Be reconciled to God! Now is the acceptable time!” Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 “When you give alms … When you are praying … When you fast …”
PowerPoint Presentation: The Lenten Disciplines Prayer Fasting Almsgiving
PRAYER: PRAYER
PRAYER: PRAYER
PRAYER: PRAYER
FASTING: FASTING
FASTING: FASTING
FASTING: FASTING
ALMSGIVING: ALMSGIVING
ALMSGIVING: ALMSGIVING
ALMSGIVING: ALMSGIVING “A Copernican Revolution”
STRATEGIES: STRATEGIES Make THREE “resolutions” each week of Lent – one for each of the disciplines (resolutions need not be different each week). In addition, make a commitment to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent and prepare for it by making a good examination of conscience.
STRATEGIES: STRATEGIES 3. Partner with someone “Lent is not something to do alone. With our spouses, children, close friends, and distant e-mail companions, we can begin to talk about how we will support one another in this Lenten journey.”
Lenten Resources from Loyola Press www.loyolapress.com - 800-621-1008: Lenten Resources from Loyola Press www.loyolapress.com - 800-621-1008 http://www.loyolapress.com/liturgical-year-lent.htm