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Resources for Lent

 2007 Lenten Message
Benedict XVI's Lenten Message: "The response the Lord ardently desires of us is above all that we welcome His love and allow ourselves to be drawn to Him. Accepting His love, however, is not enough. We need to respond to such love and devote ourselves to communicating it to others."

 25 Great Things You Can Do For Lent - Besides Giving Up Chocolate
Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, the 40 days of preparation for the Easter season when Christians are called to renew their commitments to spiritual practices like prayer, fasting and almsgiving.  Lent is an annual opportunity to grow in our faith.

 A Doctor's Good Friday Reflections
From St Anthony Messenger: Ressurection's promise is already contained in Jesus' suffering on the cross. By Charles Hattemer, M.D.

 Beginning New Patterns
From the Praying Lent website of the Online Ministries at Creighton University: reflections as we examine the choices we will make in the days of Lent.

 Being imperfect doesnt mean youre bad, just human
People enjoy swearing off. And Lent is up there with New Year’s as biggest swearing-off ritual. But all too often the best intentions come up against habit, craving, or just fatigue, the abstainer slips, and then they feel like a failure. Sometimes the self-criticism blurs into self-hatred feeding a downward spiral that takes them to a worse place than if there had been no resolution in the first place.

 Belief and Practice: Stations of the Cross
Through the centuries, devout Christians have reenacted the way of the cross to commemorate Good Friday and Jesus' suffering until his death. Now as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly takes its cameras to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C.

 Busted Halo Way of the Cross
Busted Halo® invites you to encounter these final hours of Jesus' life and death online by participating in the Busted Halo® Way of the Cross this Lent. Each day leading up to Easter, Busted Halo® will post a scripture verse from Matthew's Passion narrative, followed by a reflection question for you to consider.

 Creating Space for Love this Lent
Lent ushers us on a pilgrimage of the heart toward releasing all that keeps us from a full embrace of the holy presence in our lives. Read more.

 
 
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