Daily Retreat 02/21/07
2007 Feb 21 Wed: Ash Wednesday.
Jl 2: 12-18/ Ps 50(51): 3-4. 5-6ab. 12-13. 14 and 17/ 2 Cor 5: 20 -- 6:2/ Mt 6: 1-6. 16-18
From today’s readings: “Even now, says the LORD, return to Me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning.... Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness; in the greatness of Your compassion wipe out my offense.... Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.... When you give alms, when you pray, when you fast....”
Lent Menu
The Gospel reading on Ash Wednesday quotes the section from the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus teaches about Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving. So, during this holy season of Lent, we make special efforts to make prayer, fasting, and almsgiving more a part of our lives. Here are a few ideas to put together a balanced Lent “menu”:
1. Prayer
Do the 2 steps for becoming a saint
Go to an extra Mass every week
Go to confession monthly
Stop by the Church for a Eucharistic visitation
Say the Rosary every day
Children: Pray for parents!; Parents: Pray for children!
Pray for Pope Benedict XVI, and your bishop, and your pastor (& Fr. Pitstick!)
Read one chapter of the Bible daily
Read the biography of your patron saint
Pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday
Commit to 10 minutes of family prayer
2. Fasting (Sacrificing & self-denial)
Give up desserts
Don’t watch TV
Turn your music down
Get up one hour early
Whisper during lunch hour
Drink water & juice instead of pop or coffee
3. Almsgiving (sharing & helping)
Give 10% to the Church or other charity
Help the elderly with housework
Do an “extra chore” every day
Help brothers and sisters with chores
Read to a younger child
Help students to study well
Send a card or visit the sick
Make at least one selection from each section, and please enjoy generous helpings (and extra helpings!) of the plates on this menu!
Jl 2: 12-18/ Ps 50(51): 3-4. 5-6ab. 12-13. 14 and 17/ 2 Cor 5: 20 -- 6:2/ Mt 6: 1-6. 16-18
From today’s readings: “Even now, says the LORD, return to Me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning.... Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness; in the greatness of Your compassion wipe out my offense.... Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.... When you give alms, when you pray, when you fast....”
Lent Menu
The Gospel reading on Ash Wednesday quotes the section from the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus teaches about Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving. So, during this holy season of Lent, we make special efforts to make prayer, fasting, and almsgiving more a part of our lives. Here are a few ideas to put together a balanced Lent “menu”:
1. Prayer
Do the 2 steps for becoming a saint
Go to an extra Mass every week
Go to confession monthly
Stop by the Church for a Eucharistic visitation
Say the Rosary every day
Children: Pray for parents!; Parents: Pray for children!
Pray for Pope Benedict XVI, and your bishop, and your pastor (& Fr. Pitstick!)
Read one chapter of the Bible daily
Read the biography of your patron saint
Pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday
Commit to 10 minutes of family prayer
2. Fasting (Sacrificing & self-denial)
Give up desserts
Don’t watch TV
Turn your music down
Get up one hour early
Whisper during lunch hour
Drink water & juice instead of pop or coffee
3. Almsgiving (sharing & helping)
Give 10% to the Church or other charity
Help the elderly with housework
Do an “extra chore” every day
Help brothers and sisters with chores
Read to a younger child
Help students to study well
Send a card or visit the sick
Make at least one selection from each section, and please enjoy generous helpings (and extra helpings!) of the plates on this menu!
posted by FrPitstick | 2/22/2007
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