LENT

ABOUT

• Lent is like a pilgramage
• We focus on following Christ
• Begins on Ash Wednesday
• Ends on Holy Thursday evening
• Sited: from textbook

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

• Each station we usually pray this way: "we adore O Christ and we bless you,
• because by your holy cross tou have redeemed the world"
• Station means " stopping point." Coming from a Latin word
• There are fourteen Stations of the Cross
• Sited: from textbook

PRAYER

• We focus on God's mercy and forgiveness
• We devote more time for personal prayer
• We call out to God to remember us and strengthen us to live by his laws
• The Church prays especially for those who are receiving Christian Initiation
• Site: from textbook

FASTING

• A way to cleanse our bodies of harmful things and our hearts and minds
• Also a form of Penance
• A way to fast is to give up things we enjoy
• Catholics of a certain age are called to fast from food on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
• Site: from textbook

ALMSGIVING

• We follow Jesus' example of providing for the hungry and caring for the sick
• We try to help other people to get the things that they need
• Many parishes have food and clothing drives for this time of year
• Many families participate in these drives
• Site: from textbook

ASH WEDNESDAY

• Is the first day of Catholic Lenten season
• A day of fasting and abstinence
• Catholics receive ashes during the Mass and this time
• Site: from USCCB.org

GOOD FRIDAY

• Leads to Easter joy
• Hope
• And new life
• Sited: Arch-no.org

ABSTINENCE

• Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of abstinence
• The way we live during the Lenten season is a sign of abstinence
• Sited: from textbook and USCCB.org

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