 General
Web sites
A good place to start is the Saint Anthony Messenger web
pages Lent:
Call to Conversion. Here you can find answers to questions such
as these: "Why ashes on Ash Wednesday? What are the official fasting
and abstinence rules? Why do we receive palms on Palm Sunday? Why are
there 40 days in Lent? Scroll down the page to gain access to good feature
articles on Lent, as well as audio and video clips.
Lent
and Holy Week: Overview and On-Line Resources - practical ideas
for Lenten devotions, prayers and spiritual exercises for Holy Week,
readings by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio explaining the significance of
the number forty days, lots of great readings from the Church Fathers.
Many of the resources are available as PDF files that can be downloaded
for free and duplicated for family or parish use.
Holy
Week - part of the Inter Mirifica web site
- provides a number of documents for the Lenten period including
the following:
A Palm
Sunday hymn
composed by Theodulf bishop of Orleans, when prisoner at Angers, by
order of Louis the Good. Sung during the procession on Palm Sunday in
the Tridentine Rite; a History
of Palm Sunday;
the Pange
Lingua - Eucharistic
hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas; and explanations of The
Washing of the Feet
and Maundy
Thursday.
Lent
2002: an opportunity of Grace Sponsored by Campus Ministry at the University
of Dayton
Under Calendars and Activities: suggestions for daily Lenten
activities, a short prayer for each day of Lent, links to commentaries,
homilies, reflections on the Lectionary Scriptures for each day of Lent.
Beginning
of Lent ASH WEDNESDAY and following
— February 13, 2002
First Week
of Lent — February 17-23, 2002
Second
Week of Lent— February 24-March 2, 2002
Third Week
of Lent — March 3-9
Fourth
Week of Lent — March 10-16
Fifth Week
of Lent — March 17-23
Passion-Palm
Sunday: Holy Week March 24-28
The Great
Paschal Triduum— March 28 (afternoon)- 31(eve)
Lesson Plans
Bread or Stone - Penitential
Preparation
Stations of the Cross Project
Prayer & Meditation
Heart
Prayer for Children Lent - by Lucille Perrotta Castro based
on the Catholic Lectionary - Beautifully illustrated pages of prayers
especially for children.
Meditations
and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P. - "These
pages, with reflections and prayers inspired by some of the principal
gospels and celebrations of Easter and Lent, may be a helpful companion
during these holy seasons of faith." - An excellent Lenten resource.
Message
of the Holy Father for Lent 2002
Lenten Meditations
Written by M. Jean Frisk, The Marian Library/International Marian Research
Institute - These are beautifully illustrated and the text is wonderful
to read - There are five mediations in all: Mediation
I, Mediation
II , Mediation
III , Mediation
IV, Mediation
V
At
the Foot of the Cross - by Gilles Côté
Coloring Pages
Lenten
Clipart & Images
Clip
Art 1 for Holy Week & Clip
Art 2 for Holy Week - 66 clipart, some in black and white others
in color. Click on the small images to enlarge them.
See also our
lenten clipart pages: Lent - Palm
Sunday - Holy Thursday - Good
Friday
Links to Images - Holy Week
Scripture
Clipart - with scriptural verses.
Crafts
& Activities
A
Christian Passover Seder Meal - "Haggadah means
"Book of Remembrance' and it is the book, or liturgy that tells
the Jewish people how to celebrate the Passover Seder (meal.) Christ,
mysteriously incarnate as both the Son of God and a faithful Jewish
man choose the Passover Seder to institute the new 'meal' of salvation
and redemption. Christians can celebrate this seder to share a common
ancestry with our Jewish brothers and sisters, and in memory of the
meal that Jesus celebrated with his apostles. This 'Messianic Passover'
meal should be celebrated on Holy Thursday. " - from the source
This Lutheran
web sites offers beautifully illustrated resources for children:
The
Events of Holy Week
Making
a Paschal Candle - Here are the instructions for making the
Paschal candle.
Palm Crosses
- Step by step to making palm crosses with illustrations.
Make
a Basket of Blessing Eggs - by Monica McConkey
Our
Sins on the Cross - by Monica McConkey
Exploring
Lent - by Mary Ellen Vice
Stations of the Cross
Stations
of the Cross - Especially for Children - Beautifully illustrated
meditations on the stations of the cross for children and their families.
By Lucille Perrotta Castro.
Stations
of the Cross of a Person With AIDS - "Father McNichols
has accompanied many an AIDS sufferer on the journey towards death.
He has participated as a friend in that journey and has been powerfully
transformed by it. In this short work he conveys to us, in the imagery
and symbol of the stations of the Cross, the insight his experiences
have given him into the way persons with AIDS share in the sufferings
of Christ. He enables his readers to stand, as it were, at the foot
of the bed just as the loyal disciples once stood at the foot of the
cross on Calvary." -- from the forward by Raymond C Hunthausen
Archbishop of Seattle
Stations
of the Cross on Your Block - St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
- An interesting concept.
The
Passion of Jesus Christ
- several excellent features:
Click
here for more stations of the cross online.
Catholic Relief Services
The following information was submitted by Eileen Emerson, Justice
Education Project Coordinator
Catholic Relief Services--Church Outreach . The Catholic Relief web
site is at http://www.catholicrelief.org/
Past Reviews of Online Resource
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