What are you doing this Lent?
By
RH
When
Lent arrives, most of us think of giving something up. If that is what you plan
to do, the thing you give up should be something you really like. Lent is a time
of penance and suffering with the suffering Christ. If you don’t like soup,
then giving up soup isn’t something that you would do for Lent. That would not
cause you to feel a loss or to suffer.
Some of
us like to do something extra for someone or be extra nice to other people. That
is an excellent way to spend your Lent. Jesus was kind, generous, forgiving and
loving to all people. Trying to be like Jesus is a good way to spend your Lent.
One way to observe Lent is to take advantage of the Sacrament of Penance. God extends His mercy to us through this sacrament. He is waiting to forgive us our sins, but we must ask for forgiveness. He gave us the Sacrament of Penance so we could have the chance of asking for forgiveness and spend eternity in Heaven with Him. If you haven’t been to confession in a long time, you may find it easy to use the 10 Commandments as an examination of conscience. It takes a little thinking and concentration, but after the confession is over, there is a joy and happiness that comes over your soul. If you need help to make a good confession, tell your confessor and he will help you. Thank God that He gave us priests to administer the sacraments, especially Reconciliation.