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Season of Lent
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Lenten Guidelines and Resources
On this page, you will find "Hallow", a Catholic prayer and meditation app that helps you deepen your relationship with God through audio-guided contemplative prayer, meditation, Bible studies, and spiritual music. Launched 2 years ago, Hallow is already the #1 Catholic app in the App Store and has been used to pray over 5 million times in over 150 countries. "Amen" is another prayer and meditation app, which is free.
We have also added the Word on Fire daily Lenten reflections with Bishop Robert Barron, which will begin on Ash Wednesday. We hope these offerings will help deepen your Lenten journey.
Guidelines for Lenten fasting and abstinence are also listed below. -
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Lenten GuidelinesAs we enter into the season of Lent, here is a reminder of the guidelines to follow:
• The time of Lent is to be observed by Catholics as a special season of prayer, penance and works of charity.
• Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, in particular, are the most important penitential days of the liturgical year. They are days of both fast and abstinence. All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence.
• The rule of fasting states that only one full meal a day can be taken. Two small meals, “sufficient to maintain strength”, are allowed, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals breaks the fast, but drinking liquids does not. The rule of fasting obliges all Catholics from 18 to 59.
• Abstinence refers to the eating of meat. The common estimation of the community is used to determine what falls under the category of meat. The rule of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 years or older.
• The substantial observance of the laws of fast and abstinence is a serious obligation.
• Self-imposed fasting on the other weekdays of Lent is recommended. Abstinence on all Fridays of the year outside of the Lenten season is also highly recommended.
• Those who are excused from fast and abstinence include people outside the age limits, individuals suffering from illness, and pregnant or nursing women. Those who are not bound by the laws of fast and abstinence should still be mindful of an atmosphere that is conducive to a sense of penance.
If you have any questions, please feel free to message us or call the parish office. -