Prayer. Fasting. Almsgiving.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and lasts until Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Ash Wednesday is a universal day of fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church.

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the imposition of ashes on foreheads “symbolizes our dependence upon God's mercy and forgiveness.”

In preparation for these 40 days that will lead us to renew and embrace our baptismal commitment, we offer these ideas for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. 

"The benefit is that I am meditating constantly on His sorrowful Passion and so, while I am eating, I am not preoccupied with what I am eating, but am reflecting on my Lord's death." -Diary, 618

• Read or Listen to The Diary of St. Faustina - Buy a copy of the book here.

• Listen to her Diary
  
  
  

• Pray the Divine Mercy Chaple - Monday thru Thursday at the Chapel at 3 pm and Fridays after 8:30 am Mass

• Pray the Novena to St. Fuastina

• Honor the Divine Mercy Image

• Honor the Hour of Great Mercy

• Go to confession

• Stations of the Cross

• Make a Holy Hour

The Corporal Works of Mercy

1. Feed the hungry
 2. Give drink to the thirsty
 3. Clothe the naked
 4. Shelter the homeless
 5. Comfort the imprisoned
 6. Visit the sick
 7. Bury the dead

The Spiritual Works of Mercy

1. Admonish sinners
 2. Instruct the uniformed
 3. Counsel the doubtful
 4. Comfort the sorrowful
 5. Be patient with those in error
 6. Forgive offenses
 7. Pray for the living and the dead

Other Recourses

Praying with Jesus and Faustina During Lent