Today at Edge your youth learned about the liturgical season of Lent. We learned that the 40 days of Lent is a time of penance and conversion in our Church. Through acts of penance, we unite ourselves in small ways to the mystery of Christ’s fasting and prayer in the desert. We learned that we can perform acts of penance through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Through these acts of penance, we grow in love for the Lord. Penance helps us to properly align our passions for the things of this world so that they do not rule us but rather that we have control over them. 

• Why did Jesus decide to go into the desert for 40 days? 

• How can we as a family pray more? 

• Are there things as a family we should fast from during Lent? (e.g. TV, eating out, time on the internet) 

• What can we do as a family to give alms? (e.g. put aside money for a charity, volunteer at a soup kitchen/charity)