Lenten Resources, 2025
Lent starts March 5, 2025. Here are a few new resources for the season. Of course, in order to live Lent well, to pray, fast and give alms, you can always simply set aside time to pray, give up something you enjoy, and give the resources you would have spent on yourself to somene in need.
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From Dynamic Catholic, there is a new 33-Days book available for the Best Lent Ever. The title is 33 Days to Divine Mercy by Matthew Kelly. In addition to the book, you can also sign up for free daily reflection videos from Matthew Kelly, and/or purchase a journal to help apply the teaching to your daily life. |
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Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center are offering a free video program on the Seven Last Words of Christ. You can sign up for free HERE, and you will receive access to a 30-minute video unpacking the meaning behind Christ’s seven last words each Wednesday of Lent. |
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Ave Maria Press offers a book Wilderness Within by Sister Josephine Garrett, CSFN. There is also an option to sign up for free weekly companion videos (see teaser below). Just as Jesus went into the Desert to rescue us, he will come into our interior wilderness filled with anxiety and worry to heal and restore us. The book will guide us with daily meditations, questions to ponder and space for journaling. For those who want to use the book with a small group, there is a free downloadable leaders guide available. |
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From the Eucharistic Revival Store there is Revival: a Lenten Devotional for Eucharistic Renewal. The book offers a series of daily reflections that will prompt readers to explore their relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist, and our call to share our love of God with our neighbor. |
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Word On Fire offers their annual Lenten Gospel Reflections by Bishop Barron which includes the full Gospel reading for each day of Lent, a daily reflection by Bishop Barron and space for journaling. Not just for lent, you can also sign up for Bishop Barron’s daily Gospel Reflections to be sent to your email by going here https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/ and scrolling down near the bottom of the page to subscribe with your email address. |
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Although not specifically designed for Lent, a new book by Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP offers a 6-week process to recharge your spirit for those of us who spend too much time scrolling on our phones or just being too digitally connected. Media Fasting - Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ will help you develop a media fasting plan to give you the tools to not just delete social media for a season, but rather to be mindful in the use of these digital tools and live your faith in our media-saturated world. |
Have a Blessed Lent.