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Enlighten, Lord, our hearts and our minds so that we may attain to eternal life and light. Lent and the Pretzel Food for Lent: Whole Wheat Bread

Lenten Activities This Lent why not take time to tap the treasuries of the Church's liturgy for your children? How many Catholics use only part of the Church's spiritual riches! We are called to restore things in Christ, so this Lent make time for God. Ordinarily we assign only minutes a day to Him. Yet we need Him so badly in every area of life. Use this section of Catholic Culture's site as a spring board of ideas that you can employ to impress upon your children the great mysteries which we are celebrating in the Lenten season. The NOW Cross Family Chart Sacrifice Beans Lenten Alms Jar Lenten Scrapbook Examination of Conscience

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A Personal Program

Our daily life doesn't stop just because Lent is here. The challenge is to observe the spirit of Lent and perform the works of Lent while living in a secular culture, to remain in the world but not become a product of it.

A Personal Program It should not be enough to slide through Lent by just observing the fast and abstinence laws. We should all undertake a Lenten program, an inward cleansing and purification, for oneself and the family. The program needs to be planned and organized. Ask the question: What shall I and my family do this year for Lent? Goals and activities should be realistic and reasonable. The principal works of Lent can be divided into the following six categories: Fasting and Mortification Prayers Almsgiving Good Works Education Self-Denial