Handbook For Lent - Keeping Your Discipline
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Keeping Your Discipline
After making your choices and beginning your discipline, it is not necessary to share your choices or your acts of love with anyone else. In fact, anonymity is regarded as better (Matt.6:1-7, 16-18).
Don't be too hard on yourself, too rigorous, or too legalistic. The idea is to have a discipline that moves you spiritually closer to God, not one that focuses you solely on your discipline.
If you break your discipline, you certainly will not be condemned eternally. However, breaking promises to God is not something to take lightly. So if you break your discipline, simply repent quietly and start over. Remember that Peter denied Jesus and all the others abandoned him. Yet all repented and were welcomed by Jesus after the resurrection.
A Lenten Discipline Worksheet
THE CHURCH'S TRADITION
A. Repentance: Corporate Confession on Ash. Wed., Maundy Thu., and all Sundays in Lent, Private Confession by appt. & during Holy Week.B. Prayer: Holy Communion on all Sundays and Holy Days, Daily Private Prayer.
C. Fasting: Ash Wed., Good Friday, all Fridays in Lent, Self-denial all the days of Lent.
D. Works of Love: Almsgiving, volunteer work, helping others
MY DISCIPLINE FOR THIS LENT
A. For Repentance, I will:
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B. For Prayer, I will:
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C. For Fasting, I will:
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D. For Works of Love, I will:
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