Lenten Calendar
Join us for these special Lenten events at Prince of Peace!
FEATURED RESOURCES:
IT IS RIGHT AND JUST: WHY THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION DEPENDS ON TRUE RELIGION
Is religion a right given to us by the state? Is it an opium for the masses? Is it private opinion with no role in the public sphere?
In It Is Right and Just, bestselling author Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley challenge our idea of religion and its role in society. Hahn and McGinley argue that to answer questions over religious liberty, justice, and peace, we must first reject the insidious lie perpetuated by secular-liberal culture: that religion is a private matter.
SET A FIRE LENT ADULT + KIDS BUNDLE
Set a Fire is our Blessed is She reflection book for your Lenten journey this year. We believe every woman can fully live her life when she’s guided by the Holy Spirit. Give this book as a gift to help encourage the woman in your life to go deeper into Lent this year.
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Set a Fire: The Holy Spirit Book for Kids is six-week hardcover, spiral bound book prompts children, ages 6-12 years old, to think about how to be docile to the promptings and inspiration of the Holy Spirit and to ask Him to transform us as He wills.
No Unlikely Saints – A Lenten Devotional with Sacred Company
This Lent we invite you to make a pilgrimage to the cross with seven extraordinary women and men of God.
This devotional will ship on 2/15, just in time for Ash Wednesday!
DAY OF REFLECTION, PRESENTED BY THE MONTSERRAT JESUITS.
This day of reflection will include Mass, disposition of the ashes, prayer conferences, and time for silent, individual prayer & reflection on the peaceful ground of Montserrat.
Lenten Healing: 40 Days to Set You Free from Sin
Based on the popular spiritual healing program designed by Bob Schuchts and the John Paul II Healing Center, Lenten Healing offers a twist to traditional Lenten fasting: instead of giving up chocolate, give up your sin. This daily Lenten devotional offers a unique approach to fasting, helping you reexamine the psychological and spiritual roots of sin in your life while sharing reflections and prayer exercises for overcoming sinful habits and acquiring virtuous ones.
HALLOW: A Catholic Prayer & Meditation App
Filled with 500+ prayers and meditations on finding calm, growing in humility, re-discovering the Saints, and falling asleep to Scripture, HALLOW is a great resource for growing in prayer this Lent
2021 Lent Companion FOR TEENS
The 2021 Lent Companion is designed to help teenagers enter into the season of Lent through daily reflections and challenges that encourage them in their walk of discipleship. This short devotional includes reflections for every day during the Lenten season (including Sundays, holy days, holy week, and Easter Sunday). The Lent Companion also includes weekly challenges and daily reminders that help elevate prayer, fasting, and almsgiving through Lent and encourage community engagement. This Kindle version is the perfect companion for your lenten season — going anywhere your device goes and helping you to always get in your daily prayer during Lent.
Awaken My Heart: 52 Weeks of Giving Thanks and Loving Abundantly: A Yearly Devotional for Women
Bestselling and award-winning author and popular YouTuber Emily Wilson Hussem has been there too. She invites you on a year-long transformational journey of practicing gratitude, becoming more closely aware of God’s presence in your every day and serving others in his name. These fifty-two reflections will help you cultivate a deeper prayer life, find freedom from the frenzy of tasks and the noise of the culture, and discover the lasting joy that can only blossom in a heart awakened to the beauty of God’s quiet, loving presence.
Parousia: The Bible and the Mass
Why return to Mass? Our very lives depend on it. It’s the summit of God’s plan for our salvation. It’s time to wake Catholics up to the awesome power, the incredible gift, that is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The alternative is unthinkable. Join host Scott Hahn as he uncovers how and why all of God’s action, in creation and redemption, is ordered to the Mass. Sign up now to watch all ten episodes for FREE!
The 3 Pillars of Lent
From the archdiocese of New Orleans
In order to be fully immersed in the Lenten experience, the Church gives us three extraordinary ways to draw closer into this mystery: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.
Prayer: Prayer is conversation with God. It is essential for fasting and almsgiving because prayer gives us the strength to fast. Pope Francis said, “Lent is a privileged time for prayer.” In prayer, we draw closer in relationship with God. Relationship with God makes us grateful for the blessings we have received. Prayer is the cornerstone of our Lenten journey and is vital to all of our actions in life.
Fasting & Abstinence: Fasting and abstinence are old traditions in Judeo-Christian history and early Lenten practice. Found in the Scriptures, they offer a way of growing closer to God. Pope Francis reminds us, “Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else…”
The current regulations are as follows:
Individuals between the ages of 18 and 59 are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by having only one full meal and two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal.
All over the age of 14 are required to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent.
In addition to the above traditional forms, try fasting from social media, technology, gossip, and excessive screen time. Fasting reminds us of our hunger for God.
Almsgiving: Almsgiving (giving) is a response to God, one that we can come to through prayer and fasting. It is a way to live out our gratitude for all that God has given us, reflecting the realization that we are the Body of Christ, responsible for each other. Justice, mercy, and charity are integral elements of our baptism that call us to be disciples of Jesus.
Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving lead us to the heart of what Lent is about - a deeper conversion.