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Happy Fat Tuesday everyone. I plan on giving up red meat for lent. Jesus died for our sins, so I will live for Jesus.
I received this email from the Catholic Renewal and wanted to share:
See following tips from Pope Francis - 10 things to do for Lent
Every year Catholics try to answer the age old question: What should I do for Lent? Well, who better to pick for as your Lenten spiritual director than Pope Francis? He has some great ideas for you!
Here we selected 10 of his best tips:
1. Get rid of the lazy addiction to evil “[Lent] is a ‘powerful’ season, a turning point that can foster change and conversion in each of us. We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us and thus we leave behind old habits and the lazy addiction to the evil that deceives and ensnares us.” – General Audience, March 5, 2014
2. Do something that hurts
“Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.” – Lenten Message, 2014
3. Don’t remain indifferent
“Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. God is not indifferent to our world; he so loves it that he gave his Son for our salvation.” –Lenten Message, 2015
4. Pray: Make our hearts like yours!
“During this Lent, then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord: ‘Fac cor nostrum secundum cor tuum’: Make our hearts like yours (Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). In this way we will receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.” – Lenten Message, 2015
5. Take part in the sacraments
“Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. There we become what we receive: the Body of Christ.” – Lenten Message, 2015
6. Prayer
“In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could harden our hearts, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of God’s boundless love, to taste his tenderness. Lent is a time of prayer, of more intense prayer, more prolonged, more assiduous, more able to take on the needs of the brethren; intercessory prayer, to intercede before God for the many situations of poverty and suffering.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
7. Fasting
“We must be careful not to practice a formal fast, or one which in truth ‘satisfies’ us because it makes us feel good about ourselves. Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others, if it helps us to cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who bends down to his brother in need and takes care of him.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
8. Almsgiving
“Today gratuitousness is often not part of daily life where everything is bought and sold. Everything is calculated and measured. Almsgiving helps us to experience giving freely, which leads to freedom from the obsession of possessing, from the fear of losing what we have, from the sadness of one who does not wish to share his wealth with others.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
9. Help the Poor
“In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. Our efforts are also directed to ending violations of human dignity, discrimination and abuse in the world, for these are so often the cause of destitution. When power, luxury and money become idols, they take priority over the need for a fair distribution of wealth. Our consciences thus need to be converted to justice, equality, simplicity and sharing.” – Lenten Message, 2014
10. Evangelize
“The Lord asks us to be joyous heralds of this message of mercy and hope! It is thrilling to experience the joy of spreading this good news, sharing the treasure entrusted to us, consoling broken hearts and offering hope to our brothers and sisters experiencing darkness.” – Lenten Message, 2014
Pax Et Bonum
See following tips from Pope Francis - 10 things to do for Lent
Every year Catholics try to answer the age old question: What should I do for Lent? Well, who better to pick for as your Lenten spiritual director than Pope Francis? He has some great ideas for you!
Here we selected 10 of his best tips:
1. Get rid of the lazy addiction to evil “[Lent] is a ‘powerful’ season, a turning point that can foster change and conversion in each of us. We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us and thus we leave behind old habits and the lazy addiction to the evil that deceives and ensnares us.” – General Audience, March 5, 2014
2. Do something that hurts
“Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.” – Lenten Message, 2014
3. Don’t remain indifferent
“Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. God is not indifferent to our world; he so loves it that he gave his Son for our salvation.” –Lenten Message, 2015
4. Pray: Make our hearts like yours!
“During this Lent, then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord: ‘Fac cor nostrum secundum cor tuum’: Make our hearts like yours (Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). In this way we will receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.” – Lenten Message, 2015
5. Take part in the sacraments
“Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. There we become what we receive: the Body of Christ.” – Lenten Message, 2015
6. Prayer
“In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could harden our hearts, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of God’s boundless love, to taste his tenderness. Lent is a time of prayer, of more intense prayer, more prolonged, more assiduous, more able to take on the needs of the brethren; intercessory prayer, to intercede before God for the many situations of poverty and suffering.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
7. Fasting
“We must be careful not to practice a formal fast, or one which in truth ‘satisfies’ us because it makes us feel good about ourselves. Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others, if it helps us to cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who bends down to his brother in need and takes care of him.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
8. Almsgiving
“Today gratuitousness is often not part of daily life where everything is bought and sold. Everything is calculated and measured. Almsgiving helps us to experience giving freely, which leads to freedom from the obsession of possessing, from the fear of losing what we have, from the sadness of one who does not wish to share his wealth with others.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
9. Help the Poor
“In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. Our efforts are also directed to ending violations of human dignity, discrimination and abuse in the world, for these are so often the cause of destitution. When power, luxury and money become idols, they take priority over the need for a fair distribution of wealth. Our consciences thus need to be converted to justice, equality, simplicity and sharing.” – Lenten Message, 2014
10. Evangelize
“The Lord asks us to be joyous heralds of this message of mercy and hope! It is thrilling to experience the joy of spreading this good news, sharing the treasure entrusted to us, consoling broken hearts and offering hope to our brothers and sisters experiencing darkness.” – Lenten Message, 2014
Pax Et Bonum
Today is my last day. I need for you all to continue being here for each other, praying for each other.......loving each other. I will be praying night and day (literally) for all of you, and all of God's Family without ceasing. If anyone who comes here needs for me to pray for them, please leave your intention in PM for me, and I will pray for you along with our Friars and Nuns of the Second Order. I will be sending prayer intentions to my Sisters every week so that they may do what they do best "Surrounding the world with prayer". I will not be responding to your PMs, but know that they are being received. Sister Delores of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Help promised to do this for me. I will be gone until the Monday following Easter, or at least that is the plan. I love each and every one of you with all my heart, and will beg of My Mother to beseech Her Son to bring unto you all many Graces in His Mercy.
Pax Et Bonum
Br Scott, O.F.S
Deus Meus Et Omnia
Pax Et Bonum
Br Scott, O.F.S
Deus Meus Et Omnia
My heart always feels so heavy during lent.
Good!
God bless you as well! Welcome!Great thread. Nice to see other people of faith in the vaping community.God Bless
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first day of lent. give your heart to the Lord.
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You can pm the naughty pics to me and I'll edit them to downright Puritanical levels!
always so thoughtful! how sweet.
Good morning!
http://dailyprayer.us/daily_devotion.php
I'm sincerely grateful to franci for starting this thread. While he's away in observance of his Faith, let's demonstrate ours.
Prayer is a gift given to us all and our Father listens to all His children equally.
With that in mind, I ask that you all pray for my family. It seems that turning points have come in the lives of both my stepson and stepdaughter.
Both my wife and I are recovering addicts with several years clean. Addiction, having a strong hereditary component, has greatly affected her children as well.
Her son has been in and out of rehab and jail for the past few years- nothing seems to work because he's not ready to change. His latest 'run' ended badly, very badly, and we hope he's finally willing to do what it takes to make positive changes.
Her daughter's story is pretty much the same but she has nine months clean, got a job and is getting her own apartment soon. Money, freedom and the absence of direct accountability are scary things to someone struggling to change and stay clean.
So, friends, I ask that you pray for both of them. Ask God to guide them, give them strength and touch their hearts so that they may know His Love.
Lastly, pray for me cuz I gotta put up with them all!
Thanks, and have a wonderful day.
http://dailyprayer.us/daily_devotion.php
I'm sincerely grateful to franci for starting this thread. While he's away in observance of his Faith, let's demonstrate ours.
Prayer is a gift given to us all and our Father listens to all His children equally.
With that in mind, I ask that you all pray for my family. It seems that turning points have come in the lives of both my stepson and stepdaughter.
Both my wife and I are recovering addicts with several years clean. Addiction, having a strong hereditary component, has greatly affected her children as well.
Her son has been in and out of rehab and jail for the past few years- nothing seems to work because he's not ready to change. His latest 'run' ended badly, very badly, and we hope he's finally willing to do what it takes to make positive changes.
Her daughter's story is pretty much the same but she has nine months clean, got a job and is getting her own apartment soon. Money, freedom and the absence of direct accountability are scary things to someone struggling to change and stay clean.
So, friends, I ask that you pray for both of them. Ask God to guide them, give them strength and touch their hearts so that they may know His Love.
Lastly, pray for me cuz I gotta put up with them all!
Thanks, and have a wonderful day.
Don't know where else to post this.
Ok... I don't get it.
I understand all of them except the last...
Something to do with selflessness?
I read it as selflessness together with animality, which would be appropriate to St. Francis. (The head/body division as man/animal and mind/heart, etc.) Maybe the friar will weigh in at a later date.
http://dailyprayer.us/daily_devotion.php
Good morning, my friends.
I hope today finds you someplace warm- even if it is only in your heart!
Good morning, my friends.
I hope today finds you someplace warm- even if it is only in your heart!
