Lent starts this week. Ash Wednesday falls on February 14, St. Valentine’s Day.
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Inspired by the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert before beginning his public ministry, the season of Lent is a time of radical conversion and spiritual devotion for Catholics.
Below are some useful Catholic resources so that the whole family can enjoy a prayerful and holy Lent.
When Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day:
God has not grown weary of us. Let us welcome Lent as the great season in which He reminds us: “I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery”. Lent is a season of conversion, a time of freedom. Jesus himself, as we recall each year on the first Sunday of Lent, was driven into the desert by the Spirit in order to be tempted in freedom. For forty days, He will stand before us and with us: the incarnate Son. Unlike Pharaoh, God does not want subjects, but sons and daughters. The desert is the place where our freedom can mature in a personal decision not to fall back into slavery. In Lent, we find new criteria of justice and a community with which we can press forward on a road not yet taken.
Pope Francis, Message for Lent, 2024
Pre-Lent Preparation
Catholic Culture – Lenten Workshop
The Institute for Catholic Culture – Preparing for the Journey of Lent
Daily During Lent
My Daily Visitor – Reflections for Lent
Creighton University – One Prayer a Day for Lent
EWTN – Daily Lent Reflections
Loyola Press – Living Lent Daily
Ave Maria Press – 40 Days of Soup and Reflections for Lent
Weekly During Lent
Regnum Christi – The Way of the Cross Through the Face of Jesus
Ave Maria Press – Explore Lent with Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR
Salesian Missions – Weekly Lenten Devotions
Ascension Press – Walking with Jesus to Jerusalem
Self-paced During Lent
Pray More Novenas – Lenten Retreat
Regnum Christi – Retreat Guides for lent
Available to Stream for Free During Lent
The Science of Sainthood – Liturgy & Life: Unveiling the Mystical Movement of the Mass
For Teens
Odyssey – A Letter from a Catholic Teen During Lent
Life Teen – Into the Desert
Peanut Butter & Grace – Fasting, Giving, Praying
For Kids
Loyola Press – Lenten Activities for Children
Catholic Sprouts – 40 Faith-Building Lenten Activities
Formed – Drawing Closer to God
Lenten Devotions
The Cardinal Newman Society – Meditations on the Stations of the Cross
Catholic Exchange – The Seven Sorrows Rosary
CatholicLink – Litany of the Most Precious Blood
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