Start of Lent & Lenten Plans
theophilus February 24th, 2009
In the past few days, I have been thinking about my Lenten plans. Usually, I coast into Lent and figure out what I’m going to do sometime around the 2nd Sunday. But this year, I decided to actually plan ahead of time so I can make the most of the forty days.
If you don’t have a plan, you need one; especially this year. With the world full of chaos and uncertainty, we need to get in tune with Christ. Lent is the gift we have been given to do just this very thing.
The best website I’ve seen so far to help me form and stick to a Lenten plan is from Catholic Culture. Their Lenten Workshop has a Personal Program component that leads you through fasting, prayers, almsgiving, good works, education, and self-denial. It is the perfect primer for anyone that wants to do more than just give up sweets, eat fish on Fridays, and fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Make this a meaningful Lent! With all that is going on in the world, it shouldn’t take a genius to figure out that God is calling us back to him. Let us pray that he opens our eyes to his deeds and our ears to the sound of his call (cf. this week’s alternative opening prayer). Let us invite the Holy Spirit into our prayers so he can lead us to what we should do.
This season is about our relationship with Christ. Let these 40 days bear fruit worthy of his love for us.
- God's Call , Holy Spirit , Jesus , Prayer , Renewal
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