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Lenten Season: Make Your Hearts Firm
In his Lenten message for 2015. . . , Pope Francis asks us to “make our hearts firm” (Jas 5:8) and to be “merciful, attentive and generous.”
“Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor6:2). God does not ask of us anything that he himself has not first given us. “We love because he first has loved us” (1 Jn 4:19). He is not aloof from us. Each one of us has a place in his heart. He knows us by name, he cares for us and he seeks us out whenever we turn away from him. He is interested in each of us; his love does not allow him to be indifferent to what happens to us. Usually, when we are healthy and comfortable, we forget about others (something God the Father never does): we are unconcerned with their problems, their sufferings and the injustices they endure… Our heart grows cold. As long as I am relatively healthy and comfortable, I don’t think about those less well off. Today, this selfish attitude of indifference has taken on global proportions, to the extent that we can speak of a globalization of indifference. It is a problem which we, as Christians, need to confront.” – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis For lent 2015
Resources
Start the Lenten season with a renewed focus on prayer with these resources that offer suggestions for observing Lent, along with prayers and intentions for any week of Lent. They can be used by families and in other group settings or by individuals. More resources will be posted here throughout the Lenten Season.
- What is Lent? a video by Archbishop Gomez http://bcove.me/y67eggxm
- Article – Pro Life Perspective: Begin Again
Kimberly Baker of the USCCB Secretariat of Pro Life Activities reflects on how participation in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation offers us the chance to “begin again” during Lent and experience the life-giving power of God’s mercy. - Lenten Prayer
- A Week of Prayers for Lenten Devotions
- Almsgiving
- Fast & Abstinence
- Lent Calendar
- Lent Videos
- Liturgical Resources
- Reflection on Lenten Fasting
- Saints for the Lenten Season
- Six Ways to Evangelize during Lent
- Ten Things to Remember for Lent
For more resources for Lent Visit the Usccb
