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whats everybodys plans for this years lent…are you gonna give something up…or are you gonna add more prayers or a take up a new devotion.?

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dessert:D it is sad, my birth day is in lent!🤷 bring on the 🍿
 
This year my plans are:
  1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday to do a pure bread and water fast.
  2. Every Friday will be one meal of beans, rice and a flatbread.
  3. To read throughout the season the passion.
  4. To watch the Passion of the Christ.
  5. To try my best to restock my church’s food pantry.
  6. To make my Spiritual Workout (go to Mass at least every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) a reality.
  7. To meditate, contemplate and speak with God more.
  8. To help wherever I can and whomever I can.
  9. Teach my soon to be 2 year old daughter how to do the sign of the cross. She can already clasp her hands in prayer before meals.
  10. Be positive.
  11. One day I think I will sacrifice my voice by not speaking.
 
My Lenten goals are to:
  1. Watch “The Passion of the Christ” on Ash Wednesday after I get out of classes.
  2. Make the “weekend retreat” that is outlined in the book Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC during the first weekend of Lent (the “retreat” ideally takes place on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).
  3. Read and meditate on The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich over the course of Lent.
  4. Make the Stations of the Cross once a week at a local parish.
  5. Try to attend Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for at least one hour a week.
  6. Read at least the suggested Scripture readings for the days of Lent and meditate on them.
  7. Participate in Operation Rice Bowl.
 
crystal_waters said:
whats everybodys plans for this years lent…are you gonna give something up…or are you gonna add more prayers or a take up a new devotion.?

please share!!!
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I’m going to stop listening to music.

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
 
LARSCOUT0311 said:
This year my plans are:
  1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday to do a pure bread and water fast.
    the whole day? thats admirable
  2. Every Friday will be one meal of beans, rice and a flatbread.
    that actually sounds tasty:D
  3. To read throughout the season the passion.
    i’d like to read more catholic reading material too
  4. To watch the Passion of the Christ.
    i’ve seen it a few times…its very powerful viewing and very graphic…it will etch in your mind just what jesus went through for mankind
  5. To try my best to restock my church’s food pantry.
    that is so kind…may god bless you for doing that
  6. To make my Spiritual Workout (go to Mass at least every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) a reality.
    you could offer up all the masses you attend and the holy communions you receive for any intentions you want, or for the holy souls in puragtory
  7. To meditate, contemplate and speak with God more.
    i’d like to do this more myself
  8. To help wherever I can and whomever I can.
    that is exactly what the divine mercy devotion teaches, to help others in prayer, word and deed
  9. Teach my soon to be 2 year old daughter how to do the sign of the cross. She can already clasp her hands in prayer before meals.
    thats an excellent idea, that will start her on a good path
  10. Be positive.
    another excellent idea
  11. One day I think I will sacrifice my voice by not speaking.
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that would actually be quite peaceful to have a day of silence…you’d have to tell your family that you wasnt gonna talk that day though:D
 
jtodisco said:
My Lenten goals are to:
  1. Watch “The Passion of the Christ” on Ash Wednesday after I get out of classes.
    it’s a great movie but very graphic
  2. Make the “weekend retreat” that is outlined in the book Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC during the first weekend of Lent (the “retreat” ideally takes place on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).
    what does the retreat involve?
  3. Read and meditate on The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich over the course of Lent.
    ive heatrd of her book but ive never read it…i hear that its very good though
  4. Make the Stations of the Cross once a week at a local parish.
    id love to do this but i dont know how to make the stations of the cross
  5. Try to attend Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for at least one hour a week.
    this is an excellent thing to do
  6. Read at least the suggested Scripture readings for the days of Lent and meditate on them.
    do you readthem from the bible?
  7. Participate in Operation Rice Bowl.
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what is it?
 
crystal_waters said:
whats everybodys plans for this years lent…are you gonna give something up…or are you gonna add more prayers or a take up a new devotion.?

please share!!!
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I’m going to try and fulfill the requirements to the “promise” that Jesus gave St. Faustina for the indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday. 1: an act of mercy during Lent…
 
crystal_waters said:
what is it?
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I think that you mean “What is Operation Rice Bowl”? If your parish is participating, at the beginning of Lent they will distribute a piece of cardboard which can be folded into a bowl shape. The idea is that when you sacrifice something during Lent which would have cost money, you put the money into the bowl. At the end of Lent you take them into church for the offering. They also have brochures showing you how the money is used, and how little money it takes to make a difference to families who really don’t have enough to eat. I think it is really more oriented to children than adults- having a visible connection between one’s own sacrifice and almsgiving. Usually the amounts of money in the Rice Bowl are fairly small- mostly coins. As a spiritual exercise it can be helpful to families, but as a fund raiser it is very inefficient- somebody has to count all those coins. If you are adult, just write a check.
 
crystal_waters said:
whats everybodys plans for this years lent…are you gonna give something up…or are you gonna add more prayers or a take up a new devotion.?

please share!!!
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For a couple of months I have been making a serious and somewhat successful effort to lose weight. The success has depended in large part on me not eating meals which I don’t need. By far the easiest way for me not to eat meals is not to prepare them but this has left my husband and son (who do not need to lose weight) doing a lot of foraging and eating out. My sacrifice for Lent will be to fix them the food that they want, and still not eat it. They prayer part will be a continual prayer for the strength to fulfill this intention, and the devotion will be an intense effort not to get crabby with people who are eating food that I have fixed for them, while I am not eating.

I understand the reason that people who fast a lot are often hermits, or live in silent communities.
 
RSD said:
I think that you mean “What is Operation Rice Bowl”? If your parish is participating, at the beginning of Lent they will distribute a piece of cardboard which can be folded into a bowl shape. The idea is that when you sacrifice something during Lent which would have cost money, you put the money into the bowl. At the end of Lent you take them into church for the offering. They also have brochures showing you how the money is used, and how little money it takes to make a difference to families who really don’t have enough to eat. I think it is really more oriented to children than adults- having a visible connection between one’s own sacrifice and almsgiving. Usually the amounts of money in the Rice Bowl are fairly small- mostly coins. As a spiritual exercise it can be helpful to families, but as a fund raiser it is very inefficient- somebody has to count all those coins. If you are adult, just write a check.
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i like the sound of that…even if my parish isnt doing that i could take a jar and everytime i sacrifice not buying something i couldpop the money in the jar and at the end of lent either donate it to the church or to maybe st vincent de paul society etc…great idea
 
RSD said:
For a couple of months I have been making a serious and somewhat successful effort to lose weight. The success has depended in large part on me not eating meals which I don’t need. By far the easiest way for me not to eat meals is not to prepare them but this has left my husband and son (who do not need to lose weight) doing a lot of foraging and eating out. My sacrifice for Lent will be to fix them the food that they want, and still not eat it. They prayer part will be a continual prayer for the strength to fulfill this intention, and the devotion will be an intense effort not to get crabby with people who are eating food that I have fixed for them, while I am not eating.

I understand the reason that people who fast a lot are often hermits, or live in silent communities.
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you could batch cook/freeze some food then heat up your son and husbands portions from the freezer…and then heat up a portion of whatever your diet allows…that way your family gets to eat home cooked rather than eating out:thumbsup:
 
crystal_waters said:
that would actually be quite peaceful to have a day of silence…you’d have to tell your family that you wasnt gonna talk that day though:D
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Yep and I would have to be away from work where I talk on the phone with other doctor’s offices and stuff. I think for the most part I might have to shut myself in someplace which might coincide with #'s 7 and 3 or 7 and 4.
 
LARSCOUT0311 said:
Yep and I would have to be away from work where I talk on the phone with other doctor’s offices and stuff. I think for the most part I might have to shut myself in someplace which might coincide with #'s 7 and 3 or 7 and 4.
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or you could make saturday or sunday your day of silence…just carry a notepad and pen in case you have to communicate with family members
 
crystal_waters said:
whats everybodys plans for this years lent…are you gonna give something up…or are you gonna add more prayers or a take up a new devotion.?

please share!!!
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We begin with the 40 Days for Life campaign which commences tomorrow, Ash Wednesday.
 
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