Lent: What the Church Actually Requires Fr. Chris Alar, MIC explains what the Church asks of us on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. These two sacred days are not optional penances—they are days of both fasting and abstinence. Fasting applies to healthy Catholics ages 18–59. The Church defines this simply: one normal meal and two smaller meals that together do not equal another full meal. It is meant to be sacrificial, but not harmful. The Church does not ask anyone to jeopardize their health. Thos

Join Now! https://mercysundaymomentum.org/ Sign up to receive the very best plan and resources throughout Lent to help build momentum toward the greatest celebration of the Feast of Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday, including the 54-Day Rosary Novena that begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Divine Mercy Sunday 2023! Divine Mercy For America | Divine Mercy (official)

Don’t Waste Your Lent Sin is not just breaking a rule. As Fr. Mark Baron, MIC explains, sin is ultimately a failure to find our fulfillment, perfection, and happiness in God. It is the restless attempt to grasp in created things what can only be received from the Creator. That is why Lent has to be more than “white-knuckling” giving up chocolate or powering through the next 40 days without social media. Those sacrifices can be good—but only if they are ordered toward love. Are we fasting to love