Regular Lenten Practices 2008

All Catholics are urged to:

a) Receive the Sacrament of Penance,

b) Increase your prayer life & attend church services.

c) Set aside extra quiet time to study faith & morality,

d) Do additional penance & commit your life to God.

e) Provide almsgiving to the poor by giving them the money you save by fasting.

f) Meditate on Jesus' last days & compare your life's pilgrimage to the one of Jesus.

g) Attend the Passover meal.

+ Attend Daily Masses as often as possible with daily application of the Biblical readings.

+ Attend the Stations & Benediction: Fridays at 7 PM.

+ Attend a weekend retreat: like Cursillo [a spiritual weekend to deepen our faith in Christ and our practice of religion. For sponsorship contact the Pastor or anyone from our parish who has attended the Cursillo weekend], or Marriage Encounter to ‘make our good marriages better’, or Retrouvaille (for troubled marriages where both spouses want to rebuild their relationship