Lent provides us with the opportunity for self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting and self-denial; and to read and meditate on God’s holy word
(Book of Common Prayer, p 265)
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Lenten Resources
Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday (also called “Pancake Tuesday” or “Pancake Day”) is the final day before the 40-day period of Lent begins. Its name comes from the Germanic-Old English word “shrive,” meaning absolve, and it is the last day of the liturgical season historically known as Shrovetide. Because it comes directly before Lent, a season of fasting and penitence, this was the day that Christians would go to be “shriven” by their confessor. Read more here
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Ashes may be imposed on the heads of participants in the Ash Wednesday service as a sign of mortality and penitence. The ashes are imposed with the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (BCP, p. 265). Ashes are typically imposed by inscribing a cross on the forehead. The imposition of ashes has been practiced on Ash Wednesday since the ninth century.
Stations of the Cross images for use with the readings from The Way of the Cross in The Book of Occasional Services.
Print and use this Stations of the Cross booklet at home.
Stations of the Cross coloring posters, pages, and a devotional guide from Illustrated Ministry.
Way of the Cross with 8 stations based directly on events recorded in the Gospels, written by the Rev. Susanne Watson-Epting
Stations of the Cross that moves through the stations inspired by René Girard’s work on The Anthropology of the Cross and James Cone’s, The Cross and the Lynching Tree (adult), complied by Rev. Frank Logue.
The Way of the Cross for Pandemic Time - a complete service for use in hybrid, virtual, or in-person settings that envisions the way of the cross in our current realities.
“Living the Way of Love offers forty brief reflections about the seven Jesus-centered practices identified by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry in ‘The Way of Love’ initiative (from Church Publishing)
The 40 Days of Gratitude Lenten Journal is designed for at-home use for adults to deepen their spiritual practice of gratitude during Lent (from United Thank Offering)
Will You? A Lenten Study of Baptismal Promises: this five-week Lenten small group study offers daily reflections, examples of evangelism in action, and an invitation to think in new ways about the promises we make to God, each other, and ourselves in baptism (from Forward Movement, in collaboration with Episcopal Evangelism Society)
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Lent: resources to reflect and pray together from Kate Bowler
Lent in a Bag ideas
An Illustrated Lent for Families: God is Still With Us from Illustrated Ministries
Lent Madness 2024: learn about the men and women comprising the Church’s Calendar of Saints in this bracket tournament
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent resources and Bulletin Inserts
Preparing to Become the Beloved Community: this Lent curriculum can help your small group or congregation to engage in racial reconciliation and reflect on Jesus’ coming among us.
United Thank Offering Lenten Book Club: "Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey"