Transform Your Lent: Beyond Fasting and Giving Up
Rethinking Lenten resolutions, moving beyond giving things up, and embracing Lent as a season of true conversion of heart.
Rethinking Lenten resolutions, moving beyond giving things up, and embracing Lent as a season of true conversion of heart.
Having my speedometer break while on the highway is one of the best things that could have happened to me. Trying to gauge how fast I should go based on the speeds of the other cars on the road taught me a valuable lesson about my spiritual life. Judging the speed of your spiritual striving by that of others is not only fruitless, but detrimental to your spiritual growth. Learn how to find your personal MPH (Miles Per Hour) and how to make God your ultimate speedometer this Lent.
Another miserable Lent, right? Wrong! Lent doesn’t have to be miserable drudgery that leaves you feeling grumpy and deprived. It can be an amazing opportunity to challenge yourself to reach for spiritual heights and demonstrate your love for Christ.
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When the father of a family dies, the entire family is shaken. When the Savior of the world dies, the entire universe is shaken. Walk with Mary through Holy Week.
Each day through Lent, you’ll get a hope-filled Scripture verse and a brief message of encouragement to help you more fully live your Lenten striving.
Just as we can have chronic inflammation of the body, I think we also can have chronic inflammation of the soul. When we habitually take in things that are not beneficial to our spiritual life, when we haphazardly consume the world around us, it affects the overall health of our souls.
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