Lent at Our Lady of Sorrows
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Lent is a Season of Spiritual Renewal
The word Lent is derived from the Middle English word lenten, meaning springtime.
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The liturgical season of Lent is represented by the color violet for penance and reconciliation. During the 40 days of this short season, we focus on fasting, penance and charitable giving.
The season of Lent allows us the time we need to slow down our lives and decide what we want to bury – poor behavior or habits – so we can discern where we'd like to grow something new in relationship with Jesus Christ.
Check out the Lenten resources below for guidelines on fasting, abstaining, prayer and reflection.
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- Ash Wednesday Schedule
- Lenten Journey Explained
- Holy Week Explained
- Virtual Stations of The Cross
- Dynamic Catholic's Best Lent Ever
- #LACatholicsTrust Lenten Reflections
- Word on Fire Lenten Gospel Reflections
- Lent In a Bag Reflection: All Ages
- Family Plan For Lent
- Lenten Activities for Children
- Hallow Prayer Guide Blog
- Hallow Prayer Guide Video
- Life Teen Videos
- Life Teen Blog
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Ash Wednesday is February 17, 2021
Ashes will be distributed this year at the following Masses and Ash Services.
The method will differ slightly as we are taking precautions to keep everyone healthy,
per guidelines from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Please don't forget your mask and chair and we'll see you outdoors on the patio.- 7:00 am - English Mass
- 12:10pm - English Mass
- 6:00pm - Spanish Mass
- 7:30pm - Spanish Ash Service
- 8:00pm - Spanish Ash Service
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Lent Prepares Us For Holy Week
Wonder why we abstain from eating meat on certain Fridays, make sacrifces and increase our charitable giving during Lent?
Click here to download a PDF summary of how to start your Lenten journey as you prepare your heart for Easter Sunday, explaining why we do what we do.
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Holy Week Prepares Us For
Jesus' Passion and Ressurection!Click to download a PDF overview of Holy Week. Your journey of faith continues starting with Palm Sunday, in preparation of Easter Sunday! Halleluiah!
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Pray The Stations of The Cross
With St. Alphonsus LigouriUse this link or click the photo below to start praying the Stations of The Cross.
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Dynamic Catholic's Best Lent Ever
Click here or the photo below to visit DynamicCatholic.com's website and feed your soul with prayer this Lent.
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Bp. Barron's Lent Reflections
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Friends, today’s Gospel tells the story of the rich man and the poor man, Lazarus, at his gate. God is not pleased with this kind of economic inequality, and he burns with passion to set things right.
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Lent In A Bag Reflection
Use this activity as a gift to give to invite others to reflect on the season of Lent, discuss the reflections at the dinner table with your family or use it for your own Lenten reflection.
Image credit: Man of Sorrows, by William Dyce
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Make a Family Plan to Spend Lent Togehter
Use this link to find a quick and easy way to make a family plan for Lent.
TeachingCatholicKids.com helps you make a simple, yet effective, plan to build in time to reflect and take action this Lent as a family. The goal is to be intentional because 40 days go by faster than we think.
The website is chockful of ideas for everyone, teens to young children.
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40 Faith-Building Lenten Activities
Home is a child's first church where they learn about their faith and how to serve one another. CatholicSprouts.com has compiled 40 fun Lenten activities for children.
Take a look and find a favorite!
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Hallow Blog
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