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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.