Lenten Guide
Days of importance
February 10th- Ash wednesday- fast and abstain from meat,
February 12th- abstain from eating meat
February 19th- abstain from meat
February 26th- abstain from meat
March 4th- abstain from meat
March 11th- abstain from meat
March 18th- abstain from meat
March 20th- Palm sunday
March 25th- fast and abstain from meat
March 20th- 26th holy week
march 27th- easter
Prayers for lent
Begin each morning prayer
Attend Daily Mass as often as possible.
Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.
Make the Stations of the Cross
Read Scripture
Pray the Seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 6, 31, 50, 101, 129 and 142).
Spend some time in quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
Go to confession
Make acts of mercy
corporal works of mercy:
To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To harbour the harbourless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.
The spiritual works of mercy are:
To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offences willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead.