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Ash Wednesday Week the Crucified.” - Mark 16:6 Feb 14 Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Feb 15 1 Peter 5:1-4 Feb 16 Is 58:1-9a Feb 17 Ps 86:1-6

First Week of Feb 18 Mk 1:12-15 Feb 19 Mt 25:31-46 Feb 20 Is 55:10-11 Feb 21 Ps 51 Feb 22 Mt 7:7-12 Feb 23 Mt 5:20-26 Feb 24 Mt 5:43-48 according to which converted of the long ecclesial tradition Second Week of Lent sinners submitted themselves associating the precept of Feb 25 Mk 9:2-10 to canonical penance. The act confessing grave sins and Feb 26 Lk 6:36-38 of putting on ashes symbolizes receive Holy Communion at Feb 27 Is 1:10, 16-20 Feb 28 Mt 20:17-28 Lent precedes and prepares for fragility and mortality, and the least once during the Lenten Mar 1 Jer 17:5-10 . It is a time to hear the need to be redeemed by the season, or preferably during Mar 2 Gen 37:3-28 Word of God, to turn away mercy of God. Far from being a Eastertide. Mar 3 Ps 103:1-4, 9-12 from sin, to prepare for and merely external act, the There can be an effective and has retained the use of ashes to Third Week of Lent remember , to be fruitful interaction between symbolize that attitude of Mar 4 John 4:5-42 reconciled with God and one's Sacred Liturgy and popular internal penance to which all Mar 5 Lk 4:24-30 neighbor, and to make more piety during the forty days of the Baptized are called during Mar 6 Lk 1:26-38 frequent recourse to the Lent. Mar 7 Mt 5:17-19 "weapons of Christian pen- Lent. The faithful who come to Mar 8 Jer 7:23-28 ance": prayer, and good receive ashes should be assist- An example of such interaction Mar 9 Mk 12:28-34 works (cf. Mt 6, 1-6. 16-18). ed in perceiving the implicit is to be seen in fact that Mar 10 Lk 5:1-11 internal significance of this act, popular piety often encourages Fourth Week of Lent The Sacred Liturgy express a which disposes them towards particular observances on Mar 11 Jn 9:1-41 mystical aspect of Lent through conversion and renewed Easter certain days, or special Mar 12 Jn 4:43-54 its great themes or values, such commitment. devotional exercises, or Mar 13 Ez 47:1-9, 12 a relationship between "the apostolic or charitable works Notwithstanding the seculariza- Mar 14 Is 49:8-15 of forty days" and which are foreseen and Mar 15 Jn 5:31-47 tion of contemporary society, "the of Christian recommended by the Lenten Mar 16 Ps 34:17-21,23 the Christian faithful, during Initiation", and the mystery of Liturgy. The practice of fasting, Mar 17 Jer 11:18-20 the "Exodus" which is always Lent, are clearly conscious of characteristic of the Lenten the need to turn the mind Fifth Week of Lent present in the Lenten journey. season since antiquity, is an towards those realities which Mar 18 Jn 11:1-45 Popular piety concentrates in a "exercise" which frees the Mar 19 Jn 8:1-11 really count, which require special way on the mysteries of faithful from earthly concerns Mar 20 Jn 8:21-30 commitment and 's humanity, and during so as to discover the life that Mar 21 Jn 8:31-42 integrity of life which, through Lent the faithful pay close comes from above: "Man does Mar 22 Gn 17:3-9 self-denial of those things attention to the Passion and not live on bread alone, but on Mar 23 Ps 18:2-7 which are superfluous, are Mar 24 Ez 37:21-28 Death of Our Lord. every word that comes from translated into and the mouth of God" (cf. Dt 8,3; In the Roman , the start of solidarity with the poor and Mt 4, 4; Lk 4,4; antiphon for the Mar 25 Mk 14:1-15:47 the forty days of penance is needy. Mar 26 Is 42:1-7 marked with the austere first Sunday of Lent). Mar 27 Jn 13:21-33,36-38 Those of the faithful who symbol of ashes which are used Adapted from The Directory of Mar 28 Mt 26:14-25 infrequently attend the in the Sacred Liturgy of Ash Popular Piety and the Liturgy, Mar 29 Jn 13:1-15 sacraments of Penance and the Wednesday. The use of ashes is 124-126.) Mar 30 Is 52:13-53:12 a survival from an ancient rite Holy should be aware Mar 31 Mk 16:1-7 Seeking Jesus within the Church

The following are the guidelines for the Seeking the of Jesus observance of Lent: PRAYING. Catholics are During Lent, we approach the fully to the redeeming work of vocation as a Christian? Am I encouraged to pray more and Christ through this Sacrament. humbled by the love and good- during Lent, especially with Reconciliation as the way of The most import component of ness of God in my life? Do I see Sacred Scripture. Spiritual returning to the Father who is , sorrow my faith as a gift and not a reading, such as the lives of the , and devotions restores for us the dignity of for our sins, which comes only burden? Do I receive Holy like the Stations of the our Baptism and the full when we make a good and Communion worthily? Do I have Cross and the Holy privilege of being adopted as honest self-examination before a sense of entitlement or are helpful to spiritual His children. An integral we enter the . superiority? Do I exercise my growth. Lent is also an confession calls us to spend body and mind? Do I live a ideal time to receive PRAYER time examining our conscience, healthy lifestyle? properly the Sacrament of not only remembering those Have I prayed as I ought? Has Penance in preparation for CHARITY the celebration of Christ’s material sins which we have God been at the center of my Passion, Death, and life? How I have ignored God Do I give of myself freely and committed, but also allowing Resurrection. God’s to probe the depths and His divine inspiration? Have generously to others? Do I I listened attentively to God’s forgive those who have harmed of our hearts to uncover our FASTING. Catholics aged 14 unrecognized wounds and voice in the Sacred Liturgy? me? Do I give others the benefit and older are to abstain from unclaimed motives. Discerning Have I been faithful to my of the doubt? Do I judge the meat on , why we commit the sins in our obligation for Sunday Mass and motives of others? Am I faithful Good Friday and all the life helps us to be open more Holy Days? Do I prepare myself to my obligations to my family, Fridays of Lent. In addition, and those entrusted to my care to my parish, to those in need? on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics aged for Mass? Am I lazy or compla- Do I give from my surplus or my 18-59 are required to fast, cent in prayer? Do I pray for my want? Do I trust that God will limiting themselves to one loved ones and my enemies? Is reward a cheerful giver? Am I full meal and two smaller my prayer self-centered? Have I sensitive to the of meals each day not equal to explored the rich spirituality of others? Do I allow myself to the full meal. the Tradition and its acknowledge the many persons many ways of devotion? Do I I encounter each day? Do I hold ALMSGIVING. Moved by spend time in prayer before the opinions which bring harm to the of Christ and Most Blessed Sacrament? others? Do I make decisions the of humanity, many combine which are contrary to Catholic PENANCE almsgiving with fasting, moral teaching? Do I desire the giving to the poor the Have I made Fridays throughout admiration and praise of money they saved by the year a day of penance? If I others? Do I love myself enough eating, drinking or buying eat meat, do I do another act of to study and grow in my faith? less as they rely more upon

Lord Jesus, Son of God, have penance? Do I fast throughout Have I been a good steward of God’s abundant grace. The mercy on me a sinner. Grant me the year? Do I willingly abstain creation and the created goods Corporal and Spiritual provide the grace to be renewed during from those unnecessary things entrusted to me? ample inspiration for other which clutter my life? Does this observance of Holy Lent. ways to sacrifice time and Armed with prayer, penance, noise make me deaf to others resources for those most in and almsgiving, may I lay aside and to God? Am I aware of the need of help. those things which hinder my ways in which my sins make me unworthy of my wonderful Produced by Diocese of Harrisburg search for You! Office for Divine Worship © 2018.