Kayala: Lenten Calendar Part I

Lenten Calendar Part I

Sent By Gordon

Lenten Calendar Part I

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
19^TH FEBRUARY BIBLE SUNDAY	20^th FEBRUARY	21^STFEBRUARY SHROVE TUESDAY MAKE YOUR LENTEN PLAN TO LOVE GOD AND NEIGHBOUR ENJOY PANCAKES Mk 9:30-37	22^ND FEBRUARY ASH WEDNESDAY Forego one meal and give the money saved to a poor person Mt 6 : 1-6, 16-18	23^RD FEBRUARY THANKSGIVING GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR LIFE There are dimensions of life vital to fulfillment and happiness that are not satisfied by financial security or material wealth. What are these in your life? Lk 9 : 22-25	24^TH FEBRUARY FASTING STATIONS OF THE CROSS GIVE UP SOMETHING YOU ENJOY Rules are means to an end and not the end itself. Will you follow today only the RULE OF LOVE? How? Mt 9 : 14-15	25^TH FEBRUARY VISIT AN OLD PERSON/FRIEND Will you change the way you look at people you cannot get along with and look at them with the eyes of love? Lk 5 : 27-32
26^TH FEBRUARY 1^ST SUN OF LENT REPENTANCE MEANS A NEW MIND, A NEW HEART, AND A NEW VISION Mk 1:12-15	27^THFEBRUARY PRAYER DAY SPEND 15 MINS IN PRAYER WITH YOUR FAMILY Do you keep a record of the “rights” you do? Will you like the righteous, let the reward of your action being in the doing of the action itself? Mt 25 : 31-46	28^TH FEBRUARY FORGIVE A FRIEND TRY TO FORGET THE HURT While we must acknowledge our dependence on God for everything that we need and regard Him always as the primary cause, our attitude to others must be one of acceptance and forgiveness. Mt 6 : 7-15	29^TH FEBRUARY TIME FOR YOUR NEIGHBOUR REACH OUT, SPEND TIME, READ TO A NEIGHBOUR, PRAY God can be found in all persons and all things? Will you open your eyes, mind and heart, and find God today? Lk 11 : 29-32	1^ST MARCH THANKSGIVING GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR FAMILY The disciple is the one who takes the initiative in doing always the most loving thing to others. Do to others as you would have them do to you. Mt 7 : 7-12	2^ND MARCH FIRST FRIDAY FASTING STATIONS OF THE CROSS BE STILL AND LISTEN TO GOD FOR 5 MINS Reconciliation is even more important than offering worship and sacrifice. FORGIVE; IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH. Mt 5 : 20-26	3^RD MARCH INVITE A FRIEND TO SHARE A MEAL Will you attempt to love UNCONDITIONALLY today? Mt 5:43-48
4^TH MARCH 2^ND SUN OF LENT LOVE GOD ATTEND MASS SPEND TIME IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL Every time we are tempted to ask “Why” or “How could God…” we have only to look at his Son. Mk 9:2-10	5^TH MARCH PRAYER DAY SAY THE ROSARY TOGETHER If love is given only in return for love, it is not love at all. The only genuine love worthy of the name is unconditional. Lk 6 : 36-38	6^TH MARCH FORGIVENESS FORGIVE A NEIGHBOUR The way to ensure that there is a correlation between our doing and our saying, is to first do and then say, or better to let people hear not what we say but what we do. Mt 23 : 1-12	7^TH MARCH TIME FOR YOUR NEIGHBOUR VISIT A NEIGHBOUR DO AN ERRAND/HELP/ PRAY The king in the kingdom is not a ruler but one who serves, the Lord does not lord it over others but is their slave. Mt 20 : 17-28	8^TH MARCH WOMEN’S DAY THANKSGIVING GIVE THANKS FOR BEING ALIVE Is my faith mere “lip service”? What prevents me from “acting” out my faith? Lk 16 : 19-31	9^TH MARCH ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD FASTING STATIONS OF THE CROSS BE STILL AND LISTEN TO GOD FOR 10 MINS Mary responds, not merely with a Yes, but by asking the Lord to work in her to accomplish what God wants. The annunciation wouldn’t have been complete without Mary’s trusting, obedient response. Lk 1 : 26-38	10^TH MARCH VISIT SOMEONE IN HOSPITAL SPEND TIME WITH A SICK HOUSEBOUND PERSON God has FORGIVEN YOU, have you FORGIVEN YOURSELF/OTHERS? Do others have to lose in order for me to win? Lk 15 : 1-3, 11-32
11^TH MARCH 3^RD SUN OF LENT ATTEND MASS DISCUSS THE SERMON If the Lord were to visit the Temple of your life, what would He find there? Jn 2 : 13-25	12^TH MARCH PRAY FOR THE POOR Those who would exclude others thereby exclude themselves. Human beings may be instruments of God’s grace for others, but we are never free to set limits on who may receive that grace. Lk 4 : 24-30	13^TH MARCH FORGIVE A RELATIVE We expect to be forgiven by others when we do them harm after we have said sorry, and sometimes if they do not forgive us, we get upset with them even more. We need to apply the same yardstick to ourselves when others ask for forgiveness from us. Mt 18 : 21-35	14^TH MARCH TIME FOR YOUR NEIGHBOUR STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR THE HOUSEBOUND We might follow in some cases the letter of the law, but miss out on its spirit. Mt 5 : 17-19	15^TH MARCH THANKSGIVING GIVE THANKS FOR OUR PRIESTS/RELIGIOUS TEACHERS Today there are many subtle forms of “possession” which are more dangerous than “external possession” - consumerism, selfishness, ignorance and a better than thou attitude. We need to ask the Lord to exorcise these demons from our lives. Lk 11 : 14-23	16^TH MARCH FASTING STATIONS OF THE CROSS BE STILL AND LISTEN TO GOD FOR 5- 10 MINS While Paul gives a beautiful description of love in 1 Corinthians 13, my own definition of love is that in love there is no “I”. Mk 12 : 28b-34	17^TH MARCH VISIT AN ORPHANAGE / AGED HOME REACH OUT TO SOMEONE WHO IS ALONE The nature of grace is paradoxical: It can be received only by those who have learned empathy for others. Lk 18 : 9-14