Lent
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LentGrow Your Faith -
Lenten Reading Plan
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A fews tips for reading the Bible prayerfully.
1. Begin by asking God to be present during this time.
2. Read the passage once to understand what is happening. If there are references you don’t understand, see if there is a helpful footnote.
3. Read the passage a second time and notice - What passage or lines jumped out at you? It might be an answer to a question you’ve been asking, or somehow related to something you are dealing with, or it might just be true and beautiful.
4. Re-read anything that jumped out at you, and ask God what He might want you to do with these those lines today. Sit in silence for a few minutes, waiting on God.
5. Ask God to bless and guide the rest of your day, particularly by keeping those lines in your mind.
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To access the clickable reading plan, click HERE.
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Each year the season of Lent gives us an opportunity to really focus on our faith. And while this Lent is different from years past in so many ways - remember we started Lent like all was well with the world last year! - that same opportunity to focus on our faith in an intentional way for these 40 days is still here. The Lent we’re going to be challenged to grow in faith, as individuals and as a parish community. And we believe that God often uses 5 things to grow our faith - daily habits, highs & lows, relevant teaching, other people, and service that stretches us. So each week, we’ll take a look at one of these and challenge ourselves to see how God has worked in our lives in the past, so that we can be more open to what he has in store for us in the future. Join us this Lent and dig deep to allow God to Grow Your Faith so that you can fully rejoice with the Risen King at Easter.
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Every Wednesday, 9:30 am
Thursday, March 18
7:00 - 7:45 pm
Wednesday, March 31
7:00 - 7:45 pm
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Pray
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The Stations of the Cross mark the journey of Jesus to the Cross and
provide the opportunity for us to reflect on our own faith journey.
Using music, shared prayer, times of quiet, and reflections by
parishioners, the Stations of the Cross are a great way to ground your
weeks during Lent.
Fridays during Lent at 7 pm at SPX Online
spxbowie.online.church
March 5, March 12, March 19, & March 26
The USCCB has created a Stations of the Cross for Overcoming Racism.
To access this resource, click HERE.
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Fast
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Ash Wednesday & Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting & abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence from meat. Fasting is obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat 1 full meal, as well as 2 smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding from age 14 onwards.
CRS Rice Bowl is one way Catholics can enhance their Lenten fasting practice by giving up meals and donating the cost of those meals to Catholic Relief Services in order to help those who do not have enough to eat.
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give
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sharing Pantry
The need for donations to our Sharing Pantry is growing amid this crisis. We always need: cereal, peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti noodles, canned veggies, tuna fish, soup, canned fruit, boxed noodles or Mac N Cheese.
To meet this unique situation, we've set-up an easy way for you to donate: every Tuesday & Thursday you can place non-perishable food items in the coolers outside the SCHOOL ENTRANCE from
8 am - 2 pm.
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s.o.m.e Sandwiches
Our Sandwich Ministry is an outgrowth of our parish's support of S.O.M.E., a soup kitchen in DC. This is a great way to help feed the hungry that can be done at home, perhaps with your family or small group.
Sandwiches should be only meat and cheese, sealed in a baggie. S.O.M.E. is also in need of indivudally packaged utensils (like what you get when you order take out!) for their guests.
Sandwiches and utensils can be delivered to the coolers located in the school entranceway on the 4th Thursday of each month from 8 am - 2 pm.
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