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I am going to give up caffeine. I have been a total caffeine addict for over a year now so this is going to be rough lol.

I am hoping to quit caffeine completely after Lent as well, as I think it is having ill affects on my health in several ways.
 
FromTheAshes777 said:
I am going to give up caffeine. I have been a total caffeine addict for over a year now so this is going to be rough lol.

I am hoping to quit caffeine completely after Lent as well, as I think it is having ill affects on my health in several ways.
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i did that one lent with chocolate…it was hard but by the time lent was over i didnt really care about chocolate anymore…i didnt have the “addiction” to it anymore
 
Giving up:
  • meat
  • pork
  • poultry
    -caffiene
  • sweets
  • beer & wine
  • expensive seafood
  • movies & shows. Watch only EWTN, some news.
  • Tomorrow I will watch “Into Great Silence”
  • One day in Holy Week watch " The Passion of the Christ".
-Watch my tongue and my temper.
-Persevere in prayer (Rosary everyday; via crucis)
  • Read Scripture daily.
Add a physical mortification for the benefit of the souls in Purgatory.

Can’t think of anything else. This is usually what I do. Except this year I have the movie “Into Great Silence”.
 
crystal_waters said:
Originally Posted by jtodisco
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.
what is it?
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I agree with you that the movie The Passion of the Christ is very graphic. But the Passion of Our Lord was graphically brutal. I think watching this film again at the start of Lent will be a good way to put me into the right mindset for the rest of the season.

As for what the “retreat” outlined in the book Consoling the Heart of Jesus consists of, I haven’t read the book yet so I only know what the introduction says regarding the retreat. I know it involves reading a certain portion of the book each day, taking breaks to meditate on what you’ve read, and that it is meant to be performed over a weekend from Friday to Sunday. I picked the first weekend of Lent because that weekend my roommates will both be out of town for Spring Break and so it will give me the whole house to myself to quietly partake in this “retreat”.

The book The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is supposed to be quite good. I’ve never read it, but I’ve heard that large portions of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ were based off this book. I’m not sure whether or not I believe Anne Catherine Emmerich had real revelatory visions of Christ’s Passion or not, be even if these were just thoughts of hers they seem to be powerful from what I’ve heard and helpful in making one more appreciative of the great sacrifice Our Lord made for us.

Actually I also am unsure on how to appropriately make the Stations of the Cross. However, I am willing to learn and hope that I will not be the only person in this boat when I go to church on Friday evening to participate. I’m thinking of asking the priest about how it all works beforehand though so that I don’t end up being a burden on everyone else who already knows how this works. Pretty much all I know is that there are 14 (or in some cases 15) stations and that at each one we reflect on an aspect of Our Lord’s journey to Calvary and then His crucifixion.

I’ve only participated in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament once before. It was only for an hour and it was a little disturbing since most of the people there with me were busy reading through magazines and one guy was sleeping. But this was a late vigil, so I tried to be understanding. Anyway, I look forward to spending time with Our Lord in this way during Lent and hopefully it’ll be a practice that will stick.

As for the Lenten Scriptural readings, yes I will be reading select passages from the Bible and then meditating on them for a little while. I try to read Scripture at least once a week…it used to be once a day but this semester at school has been really intense so I haven’t had the time to read Scripture once a day anymore. 😦

Operation Rice Bowl (like another poster mentioned) is a way to give money to a charitable organization during Lent. I would not say it is mostly for kids though despite what the other poster said, since at every parish I’ve ever been to the priests always are sure to hand them out to everyone. Not just children or people with children. And you can put bills inside too, not just coins. Anyway, it’s a nice visual reminder to give alms. You can put it somewhere where you’ll see it every day and remember to put a little something into it.
 
I will not eat between meals; I will give up all sweets; and I will pray for those for whom I am obligated to pray, but usually neglect to do so… such as my “enemies”; those who have wronged me; those who annoy me; those who offend me because of my faith; those I perceive as “mean”; those who make me angry; you get the picture.
 
If I wanted to do the most painful thing I could think of, it would be to give up CAF for Lent. Not sure I can. One year I did, though. But this is not intended to discourage anybody else from being on here. It’s a good thing to do, and you should stay. But it could undoubtedly do without me for 40 days.
 
Ridgerunner said:
If I wanted to do the most painful thing I could think of, it would be to give up CAF for Lent. Not sure I can. One year I did, though. But this is not intended to discourage anybody else from being on here. It’s a good thing to do, and you should stay. But it could undoubtedly do without me for 40 days.
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Nah, have to look at this place as a support group when those hunger pangs hit. First timers and even the experienced folks might need that shoulder. Also, in times of hunger it seems that we sometimes think clearer. As Sherlock Holmes always said hunger made the mind keener.

Disclaimer: I know this hunger is not the hunger that the homeless feel day after day or even the poor but it is definitely out of many of our norms.
 
I don’t have many Goals for lent but I do have a couple of plans

first the ones that are lent related
I need to improve my prayer life alog
so I plan to

  1. *]pray evening and morning prayer
    *]get to mass earlier so I have time for prayer
    *]I study at a Catholic Center and the Curch is open from 8am to 12pm so every time I enter the building after being away for a long time I want to go sit in front of Christ in the Tabernacle for a couple of minuets.
    *]continue my monday holy hours
    *]continue going to mass 3 times a week well 3 weekday masses

    hopefully I can start reading my bible more.
    faith wise that might be about it.
    I do have some non faith things to do but are still important to my life

    1. *]I need to form a good reading habit becuase of the amount of reading i will have to do for school in the future
      *]I need to exersise more
      *]better eating habits
      *]stop using my computer in the morning I always run late to school becuase of it
      *]I gave up a message board that I post way to much on.

      also I plan to apply for the seminary :extrahappy: so this will be something that overtakes my lent.

      I am also leading a retreat with a retreat team I am on a couple of weeks after easter I have to plan it through most of Easter.

      It will be a busy lent for me I hope its a good one though.

      also my friends are doing a rosary a day in lent so ill do that.
 
Santi2 said:
In addition to private prayers and/or fasting and/or Mass, you can refer to the Daily Devotionals, Crystal.

Here’s Day 1 - 9th March 2011. Then just follow through with Day 2…so on and so forth. Everyone is invited to join. God bless.

40daysforlife.com/getinvolved.cfm?selected=spring2011day01
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that is such a good cause to pray for… i hope that millions of babies get saved from being aborted…that god intervenes and gets these abortion clinics closed down, and also that god intervenes for abortion to be made ilegal…thanks for putting this on caf…some of us (myself included) wouldnt have known about this otherwise:thumbsup:
 
I made a choice this year instead of giving up the usual things, I would try to live more like Jesus i.e. to be kind, loving, encouraging, gentle, respectful to those who I find most hard to love. Day one so far so good.
 
LARSCOUT0311 said:
Nah, have to look at this place as a support group

i agree 100%👍

when those hunger pangs hit. First timers and even the experienced folks might need that shoulder. Also, in times of hunger it seems that we sometimes think clearer. As Sherlock Holmes always said hunger made the mind keener.

Disclaimer: I know this hunger is not the hunger that the homeless feel day after day or even the poor but it is definitely out of many of our norms.
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