LENTEN REFLECTIONS 2026

Pope Leo has released his message for Lent 2026. This year's Lenten Focus: Pope Leo XIV is concentrating on "disarming" hearts to build a year of peace and fostering a culture of encounter in a busy world, as seen in his early 2026 messages. Lent is a sacred time in the Church to prepare our hearts for Easter. It is a season of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and spiritual renewal, helping us reflect on Christ’s sacrifice and grow closer to God.

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).

Simple Acts of Charity for Lent

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

5th Week of Lent

2nd Week of Lent

3rd Week of Lent

4th Week of Lent

Lent with Mary 2025

Days and times for Stations

of the Cross are as follows:

Cathedral : Fridays - 5:00 p.m.  Belmont: Fridays - 5:00 p.m.  Fontenoy : Fridays - 5:30 p.m.

Happy Hill: Fridays - 6:00 p.m.

Brizan : Fridays - 6:00 p.m. 

Mt Moritz: Thursdays - 6:30 p.m.

Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception
Diocese of Saint George's
Grenada, W.I., Caribbean

LENTEN REFLECTIONS 2026

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).

Simple Acts of Charity for Lent

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

5th Week of Lent

2nd Week of Lent

3rd Week of Lent

4th Week of Lent

Welcome to the
Cathedral Church!

LENTEN REFLECTIONS 2026

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).

Simple Acts of Charity for Lent

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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

5th Week of Lent

2nd Week of Lent

3rd Week of Lent

4th Week of Lent

Welcome to the Cathedral Church!

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.

Welcome to the
Cathedral Church!