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CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
St. George's in GRENADA, CARIBBEAN
LENTEN REFLECTIONS 2024
Pope Francis has released his message for Lent 2024. This Lenten Season we are encouraged to read the Lenten message on the theme: “Through the desert, God leads us to freedom,” which takes its theme from the Book of Exodus. The message focuses on God's call to leave behind the bonds of slavery and embark on a journey toward new life and continues to highlight the importance of listening as Church to each other and what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church.
Penitential Rules
Abstinence:
Days of Ash Wednesday and All Fridays of Lent.
Church Laws Affecting Catholics
Abstinence: All Catholics 14 years of age and older. No meat on Fridays (Canon 1252).
Fasting: Days of fast (abstinence) are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Penance: All Fridays and all days of Lent are times of penance (Canon 1250).
Eucharistic Fast: Abstention from food and drink (water and medicine excepted) for one hour before receiving Communion; does not oblige elderly and ill and those attending them (Canon 919).
Pope Francis Simple Acts of Charity
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1. Fasting of negative words and saying kind words. ​
2. Fasting with discontent and filling with gratitude. ​
3. Fasting of pessimism and filling with hope and optimism. ​
4. Fasting of worries and filling oneself with trust in God. ​
5. Fasting of complaints and filling up with the simple things in life. ​
6. Fasting of tensions and filling with prayers. ​
7. Fasting bitterness and sadness and filling the heart with joy. ​
8. Fasting of selfishness and filling with compassion for others.
9. Fasting of lack of forgiveness and filling of reconciliation.
10. Fasting of words and filling with silence to listen to others … make sure, it will help many people.
1st Week of Lent
2nd Week of Lent
3rd Week of Lent
4th Week of Lent
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