Getting More Out of Lent - Deacon Keith Strohm - Session 1 to 5

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Getting More Out of Lent is a Catholic Lenten booklet structured into short sessions that guide readers through repentance, forgiveness, healing, and God’s mercy. It explains Lent as a forty-day journey for mind, body, and soul, emphasizing turning away from sin and returning to the gospel. The text provides practical session flow and group guidelines, including reading, discussion questions, prayer prompts, and a concluding Lenten resolution to help readers prepare for new life in Christ.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages44

Reading Time1 h 51 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Foreword

How to Use This Booklet

Session 1: You Are Deeply Known and Loved

Session 2: God's Word Has Power for Your Life

Session 3: God Wants to Heal You and Set You Free

Session 4: God Is Waiting to Forgive You

Session 5: Jesus Died to Give You Life

More in This Series

What Are You Waiting for?

SOMETHING MORE FAITH SERIES Getting MoreOut of LentDeacon Keith StrohmMark Hart,Series Editor Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2021 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781593253486 Getting More Out of Lent SOMETHING MORE FAITH SERIES By Deacon Keith Strohm Mark Hart,Series Editor Copyright ◎2019 The Word Among Us PressAll rights reserved. Published by The Word Among Us Press7115 Guilford Drive,Suite 100Frederick,Maryland 21704 2322212019 12345 ISBN:978-1-59325-348-6 Nihil Obstat:Msgr.Michael Morgan,J.D.,J.C.L.Censor LibrorumNovember 19,2018 Imprimatur:+Most Rev.Felipe J.Estévez,S.T.D.Diocese of St.AugustineNovember 19,2018 Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New AmericanBible,revised edition ◎2010,1991,1986,1970 Confraternity ofChristian Doctrine,Washington,D.C.and are used by permissionof the copyright owner.All rights reserved.No part of the NewAmerican Bible may be reproduced in any form without permissionin writing from the copyright owner. Cover design by Suzanne Earl No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,mechanical,photocopy,recording,or any other—except for briefquotations in printed reviews,without the prior permission of theauthor and publisher Made and printed in the United States of America Contents Foreword/4 How to Use This Booklet/6 Session 1:You Are Deeply Known and Loved/8 Session 2:God's Word Has Power for Your Life/16 Session 3:God Wants to Heal You and Set You Free /22 Session 4:God Is Waiting to Forgive You/28 Session 5:Jesus Died to Give You Life /34 More in This Series /40 What Are You Waiting for? By Mark HartSomething More Series Editor When you ask most Catholics about Lent,they'll probably tellyou that we're not supposed to eat meat on Fridays or that we'resupposed to give up foods and drinks that we love.You mighteven hear that we're not supposed to say the“A”word at Mass(you know,the one that rhymes with“shmalleluia”).Obviously,though,if that's all there was to Lent,the Church wouldn't go to somuch trouble encouraging us to make bigger changes in our lives. Lent is more than just a season before Easter during which wegive things up.Lent is a forty-day journey for our mind,body,andsoul.On that journey,as Deacon Keith Strohm explains,we taketime to think about how we've turned away from God.We thinkof our sins and of how we've hurt others.And we repent.But thejourney isn't only about repenting;it's also about forgiveness andhealing and receiving God's unstoppable mercy.We're not aloneon that Lenten journey,Deacon Keith points out—God is with usevery step of the way. # Turning and Returning Repenting is an action.It's deciding to go 180 degrees in the otherdirection.It's like a spiritual U-turn.One of the prayers you mighthear on Ash Wednesday as the ashes are placed on your foreheadis“Turn away from sin,and return to the gospel”(see Mark 1:15). The first action of repentance,the"turning away from sin,"isa ninety-degree movement to the right.We're no longer trappedby sin.But turning ninety degrees only leaves us better off,not free.It's in the next ninety degrees—when we“return to the gos-pel”—that we go for the win.It's in this movement that we forsakethe lies and the false securities of sin and find the healing love ofGod—the Father welcoming back his prodigal child,the Saviorwho wants to unbind us and set us free.It's in that return to thegospel that we find the heart of Lent and God's magnificent lovethat lights up our whole existence. Of course,during Lent we are challenged to make sacrifices inour lives,and Deacon Keith offers suggestions to get us started.Buthis suggestions and this booklet have one goal:to help us receiveGod's healing love and never-ending mercy. # Get Ready for New Life So what are you waiting for? This Lent,prepare to receive the freedom and the new life Jesusd

FAQs

What is the main focus of this Lent booklet?

The booklet focuses on receiving God’s healing love and never-ending mercy through repentance, forgiveness, and returning to the gospel.

How is each session of the booklet intended to be used?

Each session is designed to take under an hour, and readers should begin and end each session with prayer.

What guidelines are provided for a small-group discussion?

The booklet recommends establishing a prayerful environment, confirming everyone read the commentary, discussing questions without rushing, gently steering off-topic discussion back, and ending with prayer while encouraging the Lenten resolution.

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