LENT REFLECTION 2024 || Lenten Season Day 23 Reflection
LENT REFLECTION 2024 || Lenten Season Day 23 Reflection Lent is a period of reflection and reconciliation, characterised by fasting and penance. Lenten period marks the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ to redeem mankind. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent or the Lenten season. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday. Lent is the six weeks or 40days of penitence before Easter (Excluding Sundays, adding Sundays means 46 days before Easter) During the period of Lent we humble ourselves before God in prayer Lenten period comprises of The three main practices: PRAYER, ABSTINENCE & ALMSGIVING/Charity Prayer during Lent focuses on repentance, and receiving God’s mercy, forgiveness and love. Fasting, is a form of sacrifice and mortification, you give up something you love or find pleasure in, and also food or meat, or a favourite activity and spend more time connecting with God. ALMSGIVING is a way to respond to God’s grace, generosity and love, it is encouraged to spend the money meant for the meal given up or the luxury given up, on alms and charity example, you can spend time volunteering or donate money to a cause. Here on Catholic Prayer forum, we support the mission on giving limbs and aid to people with disabilities who are financially disadvantaged. You can make a donation by sending a super thanks or using this link https://ko-fi.com/catholicprayerforum https://www.buymeacoffee.com/catholic... May God hear your prayers for this season and beyond 0:00 Lenten reflection 2024 day 23 0:27 bible passage 0:51 Lent reflection day 23 1:31 Daily prayer for Lent 2:07 conclusion Lenten reflections 2024 Lent reflection day 23 Lenten season day 23 Lenten reflection Lent daily reflection Daily prayer during lent Lenten reflection and prayers Lenten songs hymns catholic Lenten meditations 2024 Lenten prayers 2024 Lenten retreat Lenten talks Lenten gospel acclamation What is lent Fasting during lent What’s the purpose of lent Things you can give up for lent Lent 40 days before Easter Day 23 Psalms 42: verses 1 & 2 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Just as a deer in the desert desperately needs water to quench its thirst, our soul needs God to satisfy its thirst for meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. longing for God should not be a passing feeling or a fleeting emotion, but a deep and abiding desire driving us to seek God with all our heart. This longing is not limited to a particular time or place, but is a constant and ongoing thirst that can only be satisfied by a living relationship with God. During Lent, we are called to reflect on our spiritual journey and to examine the depth of our longing for God. Are we like the Psalmist, thirsting for God with every fiber of our being? Or have we become complacent or distracted by the things of this world? Have we allowed the cares and concerns of daily life to eclipse our longing for God? When you commune with God, how connected are you to him? Do you just seek what he can offer you and how he can satisfy your temporal needs, or do you make the needs of your soul and spirit primary? Do you talk without waiting to hear God speak to you? Where can you find the Lord? Right there in your heart, in quiet places, in the chapel, in your closet, in the stillness of the water, wherever you seek Him deeply, the omnipresent God is waiting to satisfy you. This Lenten season, let us renew our commitment to seek God with all our hearts, and with vigor and passion. Saint Augustine of Hippo rightly said : Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you . We pray for the grace to seek God with all our hearts, and make a relationship with Him our top priority in this season of repentance and beyond. #lentenreflection #lentenreflections #lentreflection #lent #lentenseason #fasting #prayer #abstinence #march #march2024 #marchprayer #march24 #lent2024 #lent #lentprayers #lentenseason2024
