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The season of Lent

The season of Lent. PRAYER FASTING ALMSGIVING. Going into the wilderness with Jesus. Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter Day.

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The season of Lent

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  1. The season of Lent PRAYER FASTING ALMSGIVING Going into the wilderness with Jesus

  2. Lentis a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter Day. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent officially ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, with the beginning of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Colors: In most churches, the decorations are purple or blue, royal colors to prepare for the King.

  3. Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days.

  4. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that does not involve starvation or dehydration. Quite often, our bodily appetites control our actions. Thepurpose of fasting is to make your bodily appetites your servant rather than your master.

  5. PRAYER • Liturgy of the Eucharist (Mass) • Liturgy of the Hours • Rosary • Stations of the Cross • Sacrament of Reconciliation • Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

  6. FASTING • Abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and every Friday during Lent. • Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are “Fasting” days for those age 18-59 (1 main meal and two smaller and do not eat in between meals) • Choose something that would be a sacrifice for you. It does not have to be something to “give up,” it could also be positive action that you do.

  7. ALMSGIVING • What are you willing to share with the • Poor, with others who need your time and • Presence? • This is the sacrifice of giving.

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