Each Lent we share a number of daily devotional reflections that parishioners may enjoy adding to their daily prayer practices throughout the season. This year we again have some familliar and some new suggestions for you to consider.
The Primate's World Relief & Development Fund again offers a daily reflection. Written by renowened biblical scholar Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat, PWRDF invites you to join Dr. Keesmaat as she walks with us through Lent, looking at the theme of health and well-being – without one, the other simply isn’t possible. Likewise, the well-being of humans isn’t possible without a healthy planet; something we are discovering every day as we face a growing and global climate crisis. Sign up for daily emails or download the whole set of reflections in one pdf and join Dr. Keesmaat as she leads us in meditations on our current climate crisis and the well-being of ALL of creation, human and non-human, and offering us lessons in repair and restoration that are both profoundly ancient and current. You can download the pdf for all of the reflections for each day in Lent, or you can sign up to receive a daily email with that day's reflection: you can do both here.
Lent Madness is a fun and interactive daily Lenten practice where we learn about the different people listed in the Church Calendar of Saints. It is in the format of a tournament-style elimination bracket and each day you can vote for one of the profiled saints. You can read about the saints each day on their website here, or on their Facebook page. Read and learn and then join in the voting and see which saint will be crowned with the Golden Halo!
We have also prepared a Lenten Practices Calendar that incorporates the lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and giving into small daily prompts for each day of the season of Lent. With this calendar of practices, you won't be asked to fast from food or give money, but to explore other ways we might fast, pray, and give in this season. You can download the calendar here, or from the bottom of this page. It can be printed out, and is sized for legal sized pages (8.5x14).