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Handbook For Lent

An Invitation

Subjects > Religion > Lent > Lutheran Guide To Lent

A Handbook For The Discipline Of Lent

By The Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel - Evangelical Church in America

Works of Love

The intention of this part of the Lenten Discipline is to connect our faith in God's love for us with actions that are loving of others in the world.

"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (John 3:16). Love is why Christ came. Love is why Christ died. Love is why God raised him from the dead. Love is the whole purpose and mission of the Church and of every Christian member: to show God's love in the world.

Consider one or more of these suggestions for this portion of your Lenten Discipline:

1. Use Matthew 25:31-40 and Luke 4:18-19 as guides for choosing to do a work of love.

2. Go out of your way to do something nice for somebody at least once a week during Lent.

3. Make a donation for the needy through your church.

4. Volunteer a portion of your time with a local service organization that serves the poor.

5. Offer to take a shut-in for errands or go for them.

6. Ask the church's Social Ministry Committee or the pastor for suggestions of a needy place or person that could use your time, talent or treasure.

7. Contact your local government center and see if you could perform any kind of volunteer service for the community, such as picking up litter.

8. Contact a hospital, nursing home or prison about making visits. Especially see those who otherwise receive no visitors.

9. Visit shut-in members of the church. Perhaps make something and take it as a gift (check on diet restrictions).

10. When doing your work of love, meditate upon Christ's words, “As you do it for the least of these, you do it for met” (Matt.25:40).

• The Disciplines :
  • Repentance
  • Prayer
  • Fasting
  • Works of Love
  • Beginning Your Discipline
  • Keeping Your Discipline

See also:

• Lutheran Guide To Lent
  • Handbook For Lent - An Invitation
  • Handbook For Lent - Table Of Contents
  • Handbook For Lent - Lenten Opportunities
  • Handbook For Lent - What Is Lent ?
  • Handbook For Lent - The Discipline of Lent
    • Handbook For Lent - Repentance
    • Handbook For Lent - Prayer
    • Handbook For Lent - Fasting
    • Handbook For Lent - Works of Love
    • Handbook For Lent - Beginning Your Discipline
    • Handbook For Lent - Keeping Your Discipline
  • Handbook For Lent - Making the Sign of the Cross
  • Handbook For Lent - Should I Go to Confession ?
  • Handbook For Lent - How to Go to Confession
    • from Martin Luther's Small Catechism
  • Handbook For Lent - The Tradition of the Stations of the Cross
  • Handbook For Lent - The Triduum - The Three Sacred Days
    • Handbook For Lent - Maundy Thursday
    • [Handbook For Lent - Good Friday]?Create
    • Handbook For Lent - The Great Vigil of Easter
  • Handbook For Lent - Blessings over Food at Easter

See also:

• http://www.members.aol.com/LiturgybyTLW1/Seasonal/Lent/Discipln.html
• Articles about the Holy See and the Pope
• [Shroud Of Turin Internet Guide]

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