The holy and challenging season of Lent is upon us. Lent is springtime in our spiritual lives. Jesus says to us to come to Him with all our burdens and He will show us the way of the cross to carry them, not alone, but together with Him. During this period of preparation for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday (Mark these days on your calendars to participate in the liturgy of those days.) I suggest you select one meaningful penance (giving up) and one meaningful extra work.
Church law tells those who have reached their 18th birthday and have not yet reached the day after their 59th birthday to fast which means one full meal and two lesser meals to maintain strength -- but these must not equal another full meal -- on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
It also tells those who have reached their 14th birthday and then on to abstain from meats on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent.
Church law also states: “On these days (of Penance), the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence ...”
Let us pray for one another! God bless you!
Fr. William Pentis
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