Prayer

Prayer is a conversation with God. It is essential for fasting and almsgiving because prayer gives us the strength to fast. Pope Francis said, “Lent is a privileged time for prayer.” In prayer, we draw closer in relationship with God. Relationship with God makes us grateful for the blessings we have received. Prayer is the cornerstone of our Lenten journey and is vital to all of our actions in life.

Frequent the Sacraments at the Catholic Center as we pray through Lent,

Reconciliation - Monday - Friday, 11:30AM-12PM
Adoration - Monday-Friday 9AM-10AM | Tuesday, Thursday 8PM-9PM
Daily Mass - Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10PM | Tuesday, Thursday 12:40PM
Jericho - February 25th, March 25th, April 29 | 7:30PM | Perkins Chapel

Suggestions for Prayer this Lent,
 

• Wake up 20 minutes early and start the day in prayer.

• Daily Mass

• Holy Hour of Adoration twice a week

• Go to Reconciliation 

• Read Scripture daily,
• Read a spiritual book
• Download the Bible app (and actually use it!) 
• Start praying with and for a friend 

• Start to pray a daily Rosary

• Pray the Liturgy of the hours

• Pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet

• Stations of the Cross on Fridays

• Pray for your enemies
• Ask God to give you a Bible verse to send to someone

Click here to learn more about Fasting

Join us after the 2/21 Sunday Mass or stop by the Catholic Center to receive a Companion for the Forty Days of Lent (from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday)!
Designed in a convenient, easy-to-use format:

- Inspiring daily reflections from some of the most gifted Catholic writers
- Faith-filled essays
- Prayers, poetry, and devotions
- Meditations for the Way of the Cross
- A treasury of spiritual insights
 

By spending a few moments meditating on the inspiring daily reflections and the short prayers that follow them, you will accompany Jesus through his Passion and Death, emerging on Easter Sunday to the overflowing joy of his Resurrection.

Let the profound yet practical insights you will find in this little spiritual treasury form and focus your spiritual life, filling it with new conviction and purpose.