Lent and Mount 40

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Mount 40 is a Newman Center program designed to help make the most of Lent. Its primary components are prayer, asceticism, and spiritual lessons. For Father Maximo’s complete rundown of the program, click here.

What should my Lenten Resolution be?

Here are some more suggestions!

  • Give up hot showers

  • Go to daily Mass

  • Give up Sweets/Chocolate

  • Drink only water

  • Say a Rosary/Divine Mercy Chaplet every day

  • Serve time at a local charity

  • Give alms

  • Memorize a small prayer, and start using it daily

  • Give up caffeine

  • Do consistent daily reading

  • Reduce your screen time

  • Clean your room and keep it that way

  • Give up sarcasm

Note

Although it can be tempting to go “All in” on your Lenten resolution, be sure you aren’t making yourself a hindrance to others. Conscientiousness, along with making your resolution maintainable post-lent, are important to consider. If you do “Too much” of something, or “Not enough” of something else, then try to balance it out instead of dropping it or going all in.

Lent Fasting and Abstinance Guidelines

Lent is a time of penance and repentance. As such, the holy Church obliges all Roman Catholics to fast and abstain from meat on certain days. The following is the obligations the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared:

  • All Roman Catholics aged 14 and older must abstain from meat on every Friday during Lent, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday

  • All Roman Catholics aged 18 to 59 must fast on Ash Wednesday

What is considered fasting?

  1. Eating 1 full meal, and 2 small meals; in which the small meals when combined would not consist of a full meal.

  2. Bread and water fast; in which bread and water is only consumed throughout the day, and in the spirit of Lent, eaten sparingly.

We would like to remind you to be conscious of your health; please do not do any actions that would cause your person harm!

What is considered meat?

Generally, any food coming from the flesh of a land-dwelling animal, such as beef, pork, poultry, or mutton, is considered meat. Generally, any flesh from a fish, or shellfish, is considered not meat for the purposes of fasting.