Lent is Here. It's Time to Get Back to Basics.

After much anticipation (and perhaps a bit of trepidation) Lent is here. And, as you'll see in Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon this week, it's time to get back to our spiritual basics.

Let’s take a look at the week ahead.

Calendar

Print out this week’s planner (new for Lent!) and let’s get started.

Sunday, March 6: 1st Sunday of Lent

Monday, March 7: Memorial of Sts. Felicity and Perpetua

Wednesday, March 9: Memorial of St. Frances of Rome

Friday, March 11: Mandatory day of abstinence from meat

Everyday Lenten Holiness

If you're looking for extra support and a deep dive into prayer routines then Everyday Lenten Holiness may be just what you need, and registration closes this Wednesday. As a student you'll receive:

• Self-paced audio, video, and text-based lessons with simple and practical ways to integrate prayer into your days using the rhythm of the Liturgy of the Hours
• Action Guides for tackling prayer in each core time of your days and weeks
• Video crash course on how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours
• Virtual prayer corner with various options for live-streamed Eucharistic Adoration, Mass, prayer, and ambiance for your prayer times
• Community support and accountability through the process of changing your environment and mindset about making space for God
• Three weekly accountability challenges to keep you on track with your Lenten goals: the first week of Lent, Laetare (4th week of Lent), and Holy Week. This first week of Lent we're challenging ourselves to pray Night Prayer each night!
• Example Done-For-You plan to work through the course, and daily routines to inspire you to create your OWN Lenten goals and routines that fit your unique life circumstances
• Holy Week intensive to end Lent on a high note
• Easter Octave suggestions to keep and deepen your Lenten growth and habits through the Easter season and beyond
• Confidence to trust God and to trust yourself to implement change

I'm trying to reach as many women as possible this Lent, particularly in light of the extraordinary circumstances of our present day. You can use the coupon code UKRAINE for $30 off. If you'd like a preview of what Everyday Lenten Holiness looks like, then click the link below and scroll until you see the course content. The lessons on Developing a Prayer Routine are currently free for you to watch and, at the risk of puffing myself up, I'm really proud of them. There is deep knowledge and grace present in those lessons that could only come from the Holy Spirit.

I would be over the moon to walk beside you this Lent and help guide you closer to God.

Sabbath Rest

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon for this week is titled “Three Levels of Temptation.” He briefly sums up this Sunday’s mass readings: “Friends, we come now to the great and holy season of Lent, a time to get back to spiritual basics. This First Sunday of Lent, we hear Luke’s account of the temptation of Jesus. What Jesus faces in the desert are three classical substitutes for God—three levels of temptation, three types of diversion from the ultimate good. Can we look honestly and directly at those things that will cause us to deviate from the path the Lord has for us?”

I’ll be back in your inbox next Sunday. Have a wonderful week!

Shauna’h