Comments on: How can I better prepare for Lent this year? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year Seek Him - Find Him - Follow Him Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: danburke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-914 danburke Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:23:51 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-914 Dear Friend in Christ,<br><br>My wife is very happy to know that I am not a priest - but many thanks for the compliment. :-)<br><br>Be assured that you are in my prayers today.<br><br>Dan Dear Friend in Christ,

My wife is very happy to know that I am not a priest – but many thanks for the compliment. :-)

Be assured that you are in my prayers today.

Dan

]]> By: Muthoni http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-913 Muthoni Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:17:03 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-913 Fr. Dan,<br><br>I am feeling a little ambushed by events this year. I am going through some internal challenges and this has not helped my every day struggle to get closer to God. However I am going to take this lenten season as an ocassion to start again and ask God to walk with me through all my real and imagined crosses.<br><br>Please remember in your prayers during this very special season. Fr. Dan,

I am feeling a little ambushed by events this year. I am going through some internal challenges and this has not helped my every day struggle to get closer to God. However I am going to take this lenten season as an ocassion to start again and ask God to walk with me through all my real and imagined crosses.

Please remember in your prayers during this very special season.

]]> By: underhermantle http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-905 underhermantle Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:28 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-905 Are you preparing for lent? Are you preparing for lent?

]]> By: Anonymous http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-1699 Anonymous Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:26:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-1699 Once again, thank you Fr. John for this Article. The Lenten Season of this year is very, very special to me. It is the first Season I am going to celebrate as a member of the Eucharistic Apostolate of the Divine Mercy. I am especially looking forward to the Feast of the Divine Mercy and |I am determined to prepare myself to celebrate it as Jesus wishes it to be celebrated. He Himself led me to this Devotion when I prayed for His guidance on where I could share my Christian journey of Faith in a group setting. This was because it is a bit awkward for me to join the Small Christian Communities organized in Parishes due to my advanced age - 71 is not a comfortable stage in life and I would get lost in the family discussions which take place during these Christian Communities meetings where the age group averages 35 - 45 years. I, therefore, plan, again with His help, to add the Divine Office morning, evening and night Prayers to my daily prayers, the Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration followed by Eucharistic Celebration and Holy Communion. I am praying that my Prayers and petitions for the intentions recommended in the Divine Mercy Devotion will be fruitful for our Church, the Universal Church and bring blessings and Indugencies for those we shall pray for. I shall, of course, be praying for you Father, because your Website has become my Spiritual Lifeline and Guide. God bless you and all our faithful on this Website during this Redemptive Season and throughout their lives. Once again, thank you Fr. John for this Article. The Lenten Season of this year is very, very special to me. It is the first Season I am going to celebrate as a member of the Eucharistic Apostolate of the Divine Mercy. I am especially looking forward to the Feast of the Divine Mercy and |I am determined to prepare myself to celebrate it as Jesus wishes it to be celebrated. He Himself led me to this Devotion when I prayed for His guidance on where I could share my Christian journey of Faith in a group setting. This was because it is a bit awkward for me to join the Small Christian Communities organized in Parishes due to my advanced age – 71 is not a comfortable stage in life and I would get lost in the family discussions which take place during these Christian Communities meetings where the age group averages 35 – 45 years.

I, therefore, plan, again with His help, to add the Divine Office morning, evening and night Prayers to my daily prayers, the Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration followed by Eucharistic Celebration and Holy Communion. I am praying that my Prayers and petitions for the intentions recommended in the Divine Mercy Devotion will be fruitful for our Church, the Universal Church and bring blessings and Indugencies for those we shall pray for. I shall, of course, be praying for you Father, because your Website has become my Spiritual Lifeline and Guide. God bless you and all our faithful on this Website during this Redemptive Season and throughout their lives.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-1700 Anonymous Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:26:00 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-1700 Once again, thank you Fr. John for this Article. The Lenten Season of this year is very, very special to me. It is the first Season I am going to celebrate as a member of the Eucharistic Apostolate of the Divine Mercy. I am especially looking forward to the Feast of the Divine Mercy and |I am determined to prepare myself to celebrate it as Jesus wishes it to be celebrated. He Himself led me to this Devotion when I prayed for His guidance on where I could share my Christian journey of Faith in a group setting. This was because it is a bit awkward for me to join the Small Christian Communities organized in Parishes due to my advanced age - 71 is not a comfortable stage in life and I would get lost in the family discussions which take place during these Christian Communities meetings where the age group averages 35 - 45 years. I, therefore, plan, again with His help, to add the Divine Office morning, evening and night Prayers to my daily prayers, the Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration followed by Eucharistic Celebration and Holy Communion. I am praying that my Prayers and petitions for the intentions recommended in the Divine Mercy Devotion will be fruitful for our Church, the Universal Church and bring blessings and Indugencies for those we shall pray for. I shall, of course, be praying for you Father, because your Website has become my Spiritual Lifeline and Guide. God bless you and all our faithful on this Website during this Redemptive Season and throughout their lives. Once again, thank you Fr. John for this Article. The Lenten Season of this year is very, very special to me. It is the first Season I am going to celebrate as a member of the Eucharistic Apostolate of the Divine Mercy. I am especially looking forward to the Feast of the Divine Mercy and |I am determined to prepare myself to celebrate it as Jesus wishes it to be celebrated. He Himself led me to this Devotion when I prayed for His guidance on where I could share my Christian journey of Faith in a group setting. This was because it is a bit awkward for me to join the Small Christian Communities organized in Parishes due to my advanced age – 71 is not a comfortable stage in life and I would get lost in the family discussions which take place during these Christian Communities meetings where the age group averages 35 – 45 years.

I, therefore, plan, again with His help, to add the Divine Office morning, evening and night Prayers to my daily prayers, the Holy Hour Eucharistic Adoration followed by Eucharistic Celebration and Holy Communion. I am praying that my Prayers and petitions for the intentions recommended in the Divine Mercy Devotion will be fruitful for our Church, the Universal Church and bring blessings and Indugencies for those we shall pray for. I shall, of course, be praying for you Father, because your Website has become my Spiritual Lifeline and Guide. God bless you and all our faithful on this Website during this Redemptive Season and throughout their lives.

]]> By: Cathy http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2010/02/08/how-can-i-better-prepare-for-lent-this-year/comment-page-1#comment-904 Cathy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:19:57 +0000 http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2887#comment-904 This is my second lent. Last year I started with the Liturgy of the Hours, and am still praying that. I know I do not do it correctly, but the prayers and readings are beautiful and uplifting. My lent this year, I am not sure what I am going to do. I am praying, because He led me this far, He will show me where to go. I know that you are the second priest (of all I have come across) to give a sense of urgency to the Eucharist. I need to receive that on a more regular basis. This lent I want to get even closer to His merciful heart, and I know through suffering He does that. He is pulling me closer even as we speak This is my second lent. Last year I started with the Liturgy of the Hours, and am still praying that. I know I do not do it correctly, but the prayers and readings are beautiful and uplifting. My lent this year, I am not sure what I am going to do. I am praying, because He led me this far, He will show me where to go. I know that you are the second priest (of all I have come across) to give a sense of urgency to the Eucharist. I need to receive that on a more regular basis. This lent I want to get even closer to His merciful heart, and I know through suffering He does that. He is pulling me closer even as we speak

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