Lent is only a week and a half away. Time to get ready.
    
The three spiritual practices of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. These are tools that help us grow in our relationship with Christ and should be part of our life throughout the year, but they take on special significance during Lent.
    

• Prayer. A Christian who does not pray is like a body that does not breath. He or she is spiritually dead. However much we pray now, we can always pray more. How will you incorporate more prayer into your life?

    

• Fasting. We are called to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all of the Fridays of Lent. We are called to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This means that we are to only eat one full meal that day. What we eat the rest of the day should not add up to a full meal. Fasting also includes whatever other sacrifices we make (what we give up) during Lent.

    

• Almsgiving. This includes our financial support of the poor, but also other acts of charity and kindness. Let us do more for others.