Lent 2023

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and lasts until Holy Thursday, April 6, 2023.

There is no better time to reconnect with or deepen one’s faith than Lent. During this time, we can draw closer to God as we prepare for the joyous celebration of Christ’s resurrection at Easter. Lent can be an incredibly rewarding time for our spiritual lives. Let this guide you through the most meaningful Lent you’ve ever experienced.

"The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us – as communities and as individuals – to revive the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope inspired by the breath of the Holy Spirit and the love flowing from the merciful heart of the Father."

-- Pope Francis, Message for Lent 2021 --

“Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving.”  – St. Augustine

PRAYER: daily prayer through apps (AMEN app) or daily Mass 

"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy."  -St. Therese of Lisieux 

FASTING: Besides giving up (candy, cokes etc.) Consider not eating solid foods all day on Friday during lent.

“When a man begins to fast, he straightway yearns in his mind to enter into converse with God.”  – St. Isaac the Syrian

ALMSGIVING: Take count of how much money you have saved from your fasting and donated to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) ( buy some fish, baby goat etc.) 

Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all.' - St. John Chrysostom

Web Pages: Some required registrations

Loyola Press - daily e-mail

My Daily Visitor - Daily Reflections

AMEN app - daily readings and reflections

Flocknote - for daily reflections (most all parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo have the platform)

Covenant Teen has Catholic Brain with a Lent season program
Suggestion for children: Lent with Fr. John
For High School Teens and Adults - FORMED has a series of videos
Suggestion: Try Forgiven there is also a 40-day Lenten video series with Dr. Tim Gray