Lent Prep

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It’s just a little more than a week away.

Are you getting your meal plans ready? Because you’ll probably want to take a look at the Gallery of Regrettable Lenten Food before you go shopping:

But seriously – 

If you’re on the lookout for resources for yourself, your kids or your parish or school, take a look at these.

• John Paul II’s Biblical Way of the Cross, published by Ave Maria Press.  (The illustrations are by Michael O’Brien)

• This 6-week study of the Passion Narratives in Matthew.  

• The Word on Fire ministry is more than the Catholicism or Pivotal Players series – as great as they are! There are also some really great lecture series/group discussion offerings.  I wrote the study guide for the series on Conversion – a good Lenten topic. 

• A few years ago, I wrote a Stations of the Cross for young people calledNo Greater Love,  published by Creative Communications for the Parish. They put it out of print for a while…but now it’s back!

• Michael Dubruiel’s The Power of the Cross is out of print, but feel free to download it here.

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• There are a few used copies of The Power of the Cross on Amazon .

• Throughout the years, parish groups have used The Words We Pray for study groups – you might consider that, as well.

• Or you might take a look at the book I wrote for the Pivotal Players series. That might work for you.

This booklet was published in 2017 for  Lent 2017, but even though the specific readings aren’t the same..hey, it’s all still Lent. It was published by Liguori, also available in Spanish.

(pdf sample of English language version here)

Kindle version of English booklet. 

Paper version. Still time to order with Prime. 

The Spanish-language version is not available in a digital format, but here is an Amazon link, and yes, you can get it soon via Prime. 

PDF sample of Spanish language version. 

Contact Liguori at 1-800-325-9521 for parish and school orders. No promises, but they can probably get orders to you by next week.

• Several years ago, I wrote    Reconciled to God, a daily devotional from Creative Communications for the parish.  The print version is no longer available, but you can get a digital version here. (.99)

Looking ahead to First Communion/Confirmation season? Try here. 

Also – some older posts on Lent – feel free to link and to take the graphics and use as you wish.

• Pre-Lent. Quinquagesima Sunday is this coming Sunday. More on this traditional season here in my post. The New Liturgical Movement has published an excellent series found here. 

• St. Robert Bellarmine on fasting.

• St. Augustine on Lent

• Leo the Great on Lent:

• Ash Wednesday for 12-year olds, circa 1947: