| Praying
Lent This Year
Lent
offers us all a very special opportunity to grow in our relationship
with God and to deepen our commitment to a way of life, rooted in our
baptism. In our busy world, Lent provides us with an opportunity
to reflect upon our patterns, to pray more deeply, experience sorrow
for what we've done and failed to do, and to be generous to those in
need. We offer resources here to assist our entry into this wonderful
season, from our preparing to begin Lent to our preparing to celebrate
the holy three days following Lent.
For centuries, the Liturgy of the Hours and
the Eucharist have guided our Lenten reflection. Inspired by these
liturgies, we offer a simply daily prayer for each day of Lent and the
Easter Triduum. Each day, we share the Opening Prayer text for
that day's liturgy. This prayer is simple and, in many cases,
memorable. It alone could be repeated several times throughout
the day.
We also offer a link to the readings of the day, a brief meditation,
a link to the Daily Reflection for that day and Intercessions from the
Liturgy of the Hours. Each daily prayer concludes with a spontaneous
prayer we composed, as an example of the type of prayer each of us might
pray, in our own words, for that day. We imagine that some will
have the time and desire to use all of the resources here. Others
may only have time for the resources and the Daily Reflections.
Visit the Site Index below to see what is available and what will be
added throughout Lent.
May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need
and desire.
Sorrowful
Mysteries for
Alzheimer's Patients
From "Praying With Alzheimer's"
Returning to the Sacrament of Reconciliation
When
time permits only one,
brief prayer a day
Lent
as: Hearing the Cry of the Poor
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Read how to order
a printed copy of many of our Praying Lent Resources. Click on the image to the left to find out more.
Preparing for Lent
The Invitation of Lent
A Mardi Gras Prayer
Why Do We Use Ashes
on Ash Wednesday?
Cooking Lent -
Recipes for Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays
of Lent and for Good Friday
Choosing Lent - Acting Lent
Parish Resources For Lent
Beginning My Lenten Patterns
Audio Conversations
for Each Week of Lent
With Fr. Andy Alexander, S.J.
and Maureen McCann Waldron
Make an Online Retreat
each week of Lent
Archive of the Daily Reflections
since 1998. A prayer and homily resource,
with thousands of reflections.
Lent:
About Who We Are
Audio and text of Presentation at Creighton by Dr. Bob Heaney, M.D.
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Daily Prayers during Lent:
The
First Four Days of Lent
February 22-25
The
First Week of Lent
February 26 - March 3
The Second
Week of Lent
March 4 - 10
The Third
Week of Lent
March 11 - 17
The Fourth
Week of Lent
March 18 - 24
The Fifth
Week of Lent
March 25 - 31
Holy Week:
The First Four Days
April 1 - 4
Holy Week:
The Sacred Triduum
April 5 - 7
Celebrating Easter
April 8 - 14
Lenten Reading Experience:



Lenten Audio Retreats
- with Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J.
Lent
Audio Retreat Year A
Lent Audio Retreat Year B
Lent
Audio Retreat Year C
A Lenten Audio Retreat
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