2024 Lenten Opportunities
Each year God gives us the season of Lent to help deepen within us all that is good. Through prayer, sacrifice and sharing with the poor, God wants to help transform our hearts that we might be more like his Son. These pages list some of the Lenten opportunities available here at Most Sacred Heart, in your home, and in the Archdiocese. May this Lent be filled with grace and goodness. May God help us live these days well.
Ash Wednesday Services – February 14, 2024 Mass Times: 7:00am, 8:15am, 7:00pm. Prayer Service with ashes distributed: 12:05pm
Attend Daily Mass – 7:30am Monday through Friday, and 8:15am Wednesdays & Fridays
Participate in Stations of the Cross – Tuesday at 6:30pm, Fridays at 2:15pm (lead by MSH school children); and Living Stations, Monday, March 25 at 6:00pm; Good Friday Stations, March 29 at 3pm.
Attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation – Saturdays 3:30-4:15pm. There will be extra Lenten Confessions on March 16 & 23 from 10-11am and 3:00-4:15pm
Participate in Fr. Joe’s talk & our Parish Mission – Fr. Joe’s talk is on February 20th or 24th. Our Parish Mission is March 3-5.
Practice Everyday Holiness
• Everyone is invited to thirty seconds of silence at noon and/or at 6pm.
• Stop, Drop, and Savor – Set an alarm for the same time every day. When the alarm goes off, stop what you are doing and savor the blessings and goodness in your life.
• Delight through the Doorway – When coming home from work, picking up the kids, greeting your spouse or other family members, greet them with 30 seconds of delight. This can change the entire dynamic of a household.
• Weekly Reflections by Dr. Tom Wagner – Subscribe free to sundaymorningcafe.com
Lenten Reading – Books are available in the back of Church (For Adults: Our Lenten Road to Holiness; For Seniors: A Season of Hope; For Families: Season of Love)
Attend Holy Week and Easter Services, online or in person
Monday, March 25, at 6pm – Living Stations of the Cross
Thursday, March 28 at 7pm – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Friday, March 29 at 3pm – Stations of the Cross
Friday, March 29 at 7pm – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pm – Easter Vigil (with Readings starting at 7:00pm)
Sunday, March 31 at 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord
Some Additional Lenten Ideas
Pray – make personal prayer more of a part of your day
• Pray the Rosary, or a decade of it
• Take time for spiritual reading
• Spend time each day with God, without words
• Read through one of the Gospels
• Download a song that becomes part of your daily Lenten prayer
• Be mindful of your prayer postures, change your prayer environment; find a meaningful focus
Give – Look for ways to give to the poor
• Donate to the local Eureka Food Pantry, either directly or place food in the baskets in the back of church
• Donate your clean, gently used clothing and unbreakable household items to St. Vincent de Paul using the blue bin located near the Rectory
• Reach out in service to the parish by getting trained as a Eucharistic Minister, Lector,
Usher/Greeter, A/V Technician, or whatever ministry is on your heart
Fast from harsh words; feast on words of kindness
Utilize online faith opportunities
• Watch an online homily on our webpage (www.sacredhearteureka.org) or Facebook page
• https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minitue-retreats-daily-online-prayer
Sign up for daily reflections and prayer
• Daily Meditations by Fr. Richard Rohr – https://cac.org/daily-meditations
• Pray As You Go – https://www.pray-as-you-go.org
• Lenten Reflections by Bishop Barron Word on Fire – https://www.lentreflections.com