Or check out Busted Halo’s Virtual Stations of the Cross.ġ2. Many parishes offer these during Lent and often on Fridays. Attend the Stations of the Cross somewhere. As the shortest Gospel, it is the most concise story of Jesus’ life, and the cross, a central Lenten symbol, plays an even more prominent role than in the other Gospels.ġ1. Instead of turning on a streaming service for your next binge-watching session, read the entire Gospel of Mark in one sitting. Post a photo each day and encounter the themes of Lent on a visual, personal level.ġ0. Use Busted Halo’s InstaLent Photo Challenge for daily, creative doses of Lenten spirituality. If you don’t have a cross in your apartment or house, buy a simple one and put it in your bedroom.ĩ. Daily Masses are often more intimate and shorter than Sunday Mass.Ĩ. Many parishes offer them early in the morning, at noon, or after work. Go to a weekday Mass one day during the week. When you first sit down in front of your computer at work, or at the very end of your workday, try a 10-minute guided prayer from Sacred Space based on the spiritual exercises of St. Take something on - 40 days of letter writing, 40 acts of kindness, 40 phone calls to the important people in your life.Ħ. Do you buy too many clothes? Spend too much on dinner out? Pick one type of expenditure that you’ll “fast” from during Lent, and then give the money you would usually spend to a local charity.ĥ. Think about what you usually spend your money on. Sign up for a silent retreat or spend at least one hour in silent meditation each weekend.Ĥ. Attend Mass at a parish that’s made up of people from a different racial/ethnic group. Sign up for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. You can also find these challenges on our website, or when you follow us on Facebook or Twitter.ģ. Each day of Lent, we’ll offer an inspirational quote paired with a practical, challenging task that you can do that day to help keep your spiritual life on point. Use Busted Halo’s Lent Calendar, filled with Lenten-themed Daily Jolts and MicroChallenges to find new ways to practice the disciplines of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. In the same way that reading up on football players, opposing teams, and coaching strategies will help you experience a game more fully, familiarizing yourself with the readings ahead of time will help you experience them in a deeper way on Sunday.Ģ. Make a commitment to read the Sunday scriptures before you go to Mass. Now is a great time to take stock of your spiritual life and to grow in it. The belief is that our consistent participation in these practices - like exercise we do for our physical health - improves our spiritual well-being by stripping away all that is unnecessary and becoming more mindful of how God is working in our lives.Ĭhallenge yourself this year, and go beyond the usual practice of “giving up” something. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40 days of preparation for the Easter season when Christians are called to deepen their spiritual lives through the practices of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.
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