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T H E H O L Y F A M I L Y

a planning companion for penances, devotions and family practicesfrom Septuagesima through Easter

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Mary Jimenez

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Lenten Journal

“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one life,which is short and has to be lived by you alone;and there is only one glory, which is eternal.”

St. Teresa of Avila

“Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good remindersthat the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life

is to attain perfect life, all truth and undying ecstatic love -which is the definition of God. In pursuing that goal we find happiness.”

Venerable Fulton Sheen

“Lent is the autumn of the spiritual life during which we gather fruit to keep us going for the rest of the year.”

St. Francis de Sales

The Holy Family Lenten Journal © Mary Jimenez 2021. All rights reserved.


p r a y e r“Prayer is being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret

with Him who, we know, loves us.” - St. Teresa of Avila

“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidenceand love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.” - St. Alphonsus Ligouri

“Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness,

a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.” - St. John Chrysostom

Considerations on where and how you neglect daily prayer (mental or vocal) the most out of habit, and how you might increase your prayer life with God’s help: (morning prayer, afternoon prayer, night prayer; mental prayer; devotions to patron saints; aspirations; the daily rosary; liturgy of the hours, etc.):

& MEDITATION


p r a y e rCONTINUED


f a s t i n g“Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit,renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence,

quenches the fire of lust and kindles the true light of chastity.Enter again into yourself.” - St. Augustine

“Fasting is directed to two things, the deletion of sin, and the raising of the mind to heavenly things.”

- St. Thomas Aquinas

“Fasting is a medicine.” - St. John Chrysostom

& ABSTINENCE

Prayerful considerations for fasting (food/drink, media, music, personal spending, abstinence on days in addition to Fridays, etc.) in accordance with your state in life, your duties, and the vices you need to uproot:


The traditional Catholic Lenten fast is to fast on all days of Lent except Sundays and Solemnities,keeping to one main meal and two smaller snacks, with meat allowed at the main meal except on Fridays. Under the current code of Canon Law, Catholics are bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

and to abstain from meat on both Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent.


p e n a n c e“Who can behold his God covered with wounds and harassed by persecutions,

without embracing and even desiring a portion of his Savior’s sufferings?” - St. Teresa of Avila

“Your mortification should be your diligence in doing your duties and in putting up with the annoyances of others.” - St. John Bosco

“God hides the prize of eternal glory in our mortifications and in the victory of

ourselves, which we always strive for with great gentleness.” - St. Jane Frances de Chantal

“Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.” - St. Philip Neri

& MORTIFICATION

Prayerful considerations for additional penances (anything rigorous or of which you’re unsure should be approved by a priest), again in accordance with your duties and state in life (cool showers, blander or cold food, more exercise, kneeling or laying prostrate during prayer, cheerfully offering up sufferings, etc.):


“Pray, pray a great deal and make many sacrifices, for many souls go to Hellbecause they have no one to make sacrifices and to pray for them.”

Our Lady of Fatima


a l m s g i v i n g“To pray for those who are in mortal sin is the best kind of almsgiving.

For the love of God, always remember such souls when you pray.” - St. Teresa of Avila

“Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the almsare given from our poverty. the widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human,

but she outdid them all.” - St. John Chrysostom

“The proof of love is in the words. Where love exists, it works great things.But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.” - St. Gregory the Great

& GOOD WORKS

Prayerful considerations for how you might increase in good works and almsgiving during the Lenten season (simplifying eating/cutting down on grocery expenses and giving extra money to the poor, praying for sinners, engaging in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy more intentionally, etc.):


a l m s g i v i n gCONTINUED


r e a d i n g

“Don’t neglect your spiritual reading. Reading has made many saints.” - St. Josemaria Escriva

“You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancementwho is not given to spiritual reading.” - St. Athanasius

SPIRITUAL

Goals for increased Scripture reading, writings of the saints, spiritual classics, catechism review, etc.:


s e p t u a g e s i m aPREPARATION FOR LENT

“Our holy mother the Church knows how necessary it is for her to rouse our hearts from their lethargy, and

give them an active tendency towards the things of God . . .” -

Dom Prosper Gueranger

Ideas for incorporating some starting penances or additional good works during the Septuagesima season:


s h r o v eTUESDAY

Ideas for feasting in anticipation of the coming fast; any preparations needed for Ash Wednesday:


a s hWEDNESDAY

Hear us, O Lord, for Thy mercy is kind:look upon us, O Lord, according to the

multitude of Thy tender mercies.

Prayers, fasts, penances and alms:

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