On this page you will find thoughts, reflections and links which you will find helpful during the time of Lent and to help you prepare for the GREATEST feast - EASTER
The Door
When you knock on my door, Lord,
Help me to know that it’s You.
Help me to answer you, dear Lord
With Hope in my heart,
Faith in you, and
Love, to do
All that you ask me to.
Though the door opens only from my side,
You alone hold the key
To the happiness that's there for me,
When I hold the door open wide for You
And let You into my life.
Doreen Scerri ©
4/09/03
For daily reflections during Lent visit:
www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/lent/
For Cooking during Lent visit: For reflections on cooking and food during Lent:
www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/cooking.html
Beautiful prayers we can share at meal times (from some of the above sites):
Blessed are you,
Lord God of all creation,
for it is from your goodness,
that we have this food,
and the graces you give us
in preparing and sharing it.
Bless us O Lord,
and these your gifts,
which we are about to receive,
from your bounty,
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
| Lord, thank you for love and mercy. Thank you for the wonder of the fishes of the sea. Thank you for this small opportunity to experience your goodness and to change my pattern of eating in order to heighten my awareness of my hunger for you. Thank you for this chance to let this meal be an expression of love for my family. Please, Lord, place me in greater simplicity Let me experience even small experiences of solidarity I ask these graces with faith in Jesus, |