Preparing for Lent

 Lent is two short weeks away. Here are three books to help you focus on your spiritual life this Lent.

 Turn to the Cross: Daily Prayers for Lent and Holy Week -Josh Noem - This is a Lenten devotional that offers a Scripture passage or quote, a reflection passage, prayers, and reflection question for each day of Lent. It focuses on the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and will help deepen your prayer life this Lent. 

Messages of Perseverance for Lent 2024 - Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran. This duo has put together a number of these short devotional books for Advent and Lent. It was a bit odd that this one started on the first Sunday of Lent rather than Ash Wednesday. These are very short reflections that, as the title suggests, focus on persevering in prayer and faith even when the road is hard. These are great for a quick spiritual pick-me-up.

Behold Your Mother: Marian Stations of the Cross - Marge Steinhage Fenelon - This book takes a unique approach to the Stations of the Cross. They are told from the first-person perspective of a child watching Mary as she watches her son's suffering and death. The child knows that they have somehow contributed to both Mary and Jesus's suffering and wants to comfort Mary. While written for adults, because of the child's perspective, these could also be used in a family or classroom setting with children. 

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