"Finding a way to share Ash Wednesday with children may be difficult, but it is not impossible. In my own parish, we do it …
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Daily Practices for a Glorious Lent
"Notice your relationship with the past, present and future. Ask yourself the question: Do I use it, or does it use …
Activity for Lent: Create a Multi-Room “Labyrinth”
The following activity comes from Barnabas Children's Ministry. See full directions along with the objects for each …
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Almsgiving in Lent: Printable Giving Calendar
"Almsgiving can be part of everyone's Lenten practice, no matter your age. Almsgiving is simply a response by us to God, a …
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Lent in a Bag: An Activity for Church or Home
"Might there be a stony place in you that needs transforming? Some attitude or habit that, with a little attention, might …
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Lent for Practical Christians
"This is a bidding to God, asking for God's aid in our own heart's being broken open to the needs of the world that surrounds us, …
Reflection: Failing Lent
"Perhaps here is the message. Not a new one. One I know to be true and can espouse to others. Being purposeful is vital. Very …
Digging Deeper: Lent
"To keep a good Lent means to draw closer to God and one another and to prepare ourselves once again to renew our covenant with …
A Lenten Reflection: Being Wrong
For many, Lent and guilt are synonymous. Lent is the yearly opportunity to reflect on our “wrongness,” purge guilty …
The Origin of ‘Burying the Alleluia’
"We part from the Alleluia as from a beloved friend, whom we embrace many times and kiss on the mouth, head and hand, before we …