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 SPECIAL TOPIC:
MAKING THE MOST OF LENT
LENT, MARCH-APRIL 2022
CULLED FROM THE GENERAL NORMS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR
AND FROM THE CALENDAR AND CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS
 MAKING THE MOST OF LENT

When & why Learning to be Christian: Take up the spiritual

we celebrate lent a life-long endeavor combat anew

Sources of Temptation Prayer, Mortification, Fasting & Abstinence

& the traditional forms of Penance Acts of charity are inseparable
 WHEN & WHY
WE CELEBRATE
LENT
 Lent: Ash Wednesday
– Mass of the Lord’s Supper exclusive
 Special liturgical season
 for the ‘ascent to the holy mountain of
Easter’

 40-day period
 to accompany Jesus
in His desert retreat
 after His Baptism
and before His public ministry
 LEARNING TO BE
CHRISTIAN:
A LIFE-LONG ENDEAVOR

Offered to both catechumens & faithful

 to celebrate
the Paschal Mystery fruitfully

 two-fold theme: Baptism

and turning away from sin

 objective: heightened awareness

of the baptismal promises,

 seeking forgiveness
and reconciliation (Confession),

 and intimate communion

with Jesus (Holy Eucharist).
 “If anyone wishes to come after me,
let him take up his cross daily and follow me.
For he who seeks his life will lose it… .”
TAKE UP Lk 9:22-25

THE SPIRITUAL COMBAT

 Job 7:1: “Life on earth is a warfare”
(cf. The Way, pt. 306; Friends of God, 217).
 Theme of the 1st Sunday of Lent:
ANEW the Temptations of Jesus.
 Gospel of the Mass: Lk 4:1-13
 Jesus chose to be tempted after His Baptism and retreat.
 SOURCES OF TEMPTATION
AND THE TRADITIONAL FORMS
OF PENANCE
The 3 sources of temptation (cf 1 Jn 2:16) and how to combat them.

“lust of the eyes” “lust of the flesh” “pride of life”

 Almsgiving  Fasting  Prayer

(acts of charity in thoughts, words (spirit of mortification: (acts of charity in thoughts, words
and deeds) external and internal senses) and deeds)
 Prayer, Mortification,
Acts of charity are inseparable

In a culture obsessed with efficiency in which “slower pace means

losses and speed is money,” Pope Francis recommended “wasting
time” with children and the elderly, noting that this is not a waste
but fundamental for society and strengthens the human family.

“I ask: Do you know how to waste time, or are you always in a

hurry? ‘No, I’m in a rush, I can’t…’ Do you know how to waste
time with grandparents, with the elderly? Do you know how to
spend time playing with your children,” Pope Francis asked.

Pope Francis’ Ash Wednesday address 02/03/2022

 Fasting & Abstinence
 Abstinence: no meat all Fridays of the year
 can be substituted with other forms
of prayer, mortification or acts of charity
 14 years old and above

 Fasting: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

 1 full meal + 2 half meals
 18-59 years old
 SPECIAL TOPIC:
MAKING THE MOST OF LENT
LENT, MARCH-APRIL 2022
CULLED FROM THE GENERAL NORMS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR
AND FROM THE CALENDAR AND CEREMONIAL OF BISHOPS