At the mass this morning, Fr. Rollie Agustin (St. Andrew's Cathedral, La Huerta Paranaque) reminded us that Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. During this season, people should take up the three traditional practices:
1. Pray - by prayer we acknowledge God's power and goodness, our own neediness and dependence. We should pray for all, without exception, in high or low station, for the just, for sinners, for infidels; for the dead as well as for the living; for enemies as well as for friends.
2. Fasting and Abstinence - it is the reduction of one's intake of food to one full meal a day. The purpose of fasting is spiritual focus, self discipline, imitation of Christ, and performing penance. Fasting may be accompanied by abstinence, like giving up an unhealthy or unnecessary habit and not eating meat specially every Friday.
3. Charity - means an unlimited loving-kindness toward all others. Charity has two parts: love of God and love of man, which includes both love of one's neighbor and one's self.
Stations of the Cross or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa, is most commonly done during the Season of Lent, especially on Good Friday and on Friday evenings during Lent.
Repent of sin, renew our faith and prepare to celebrate joyfully the mysteries of our salvation.
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