A Prayer for Lent
Heavenly Father, I offer You my heart, my thoughts, and my steps. Help me walk this Lenten journey with a spirit of humility and devotion. Keep me mindful of Christ’s sacrifice and teach me to deny myself so that I may draw closer to You.
Lord, strengthen me to fast from what separates me from You and feast on Your presence. May my words be kind, my actions be pure, and my heart be set on things above. Guide me in love and repentance, shaping me into the image of Your Son.
Amen
The Season of Lent
In our daily lives we are often preoccupied with working towards achieving personal goals such as, working hard to build financial stability, going to the gym to keep fit or equipping ourselves with mental strategies to cope with the ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ of life. Although there is nothing wrong with these goals we often neglect to tend to our spirituality, our soul.
Lent which commenced last Wednesday is a great opportunity to take time to do this, to grow closer to Christ as we approach the feast of Easter. There are several practices the Church encourages us to engage in during Lent such as prayer (spending time talking to God, going to Mass, reading the bible, participating in the Stations of the Cross), self-denial (not eating meat; not eating sweets or dessert; giving up entertainment to spend time with the family, abstaining from things that do not draw us closer to God) and Helping Others (special attention to someone who is poor, sick, elderly, lonely or overburdened, or in other ways in need).
I encourage you to open your hearts to Christ by accessing the many resources available to you during this Lenten Season.
Grow in knowledge of the Faith
Pints with Aquinas (Podcast)
Grow in Spirituality
Light in the Desert: 2025 Lenten resource
Lent #Pray40 Challenge from Hallow Take the Lent #Pray40 Challenge from Hallow – the Catholic Prayer and Meditation App!
Laudate: This app is wonderful year-round, not just during Lent. It provides the daily readings, reflections, and a vast collection of prayers.
Catholic Devotional
Catholic Email Subscriptions
Best Lent Ever by Dynamic Catholic: Catholic Speaker Matthew Kelly provides daily emails with videos and reflections to help you “Rediscover Jesus” this Lent.
Catholic Video Reflections
Lentsanity Reflections: Every Sunday throughout Lent, Benedictine monk, Fr. Ananias Buccicone O.S.B. will share a new video giving you amazing and profound reflections and instruction on how to grow in faith.