Purpose: This activity will help families to prepare for the season of Lent starting on Ash Wednesday, March 5th.
Video teaching:
Take a look at these two videos with your children to learn about Ash Wednesday & Lent.
The two activity sheets were distributed at mass. You will need to submit the two activities digitally.
Lent is a time where we are called to refocus & grow closer to God. Here is an exercise that can be done as a family to decide how you will live Lent. You can find the Lenten Planner in your Diving Deeper package. Click here for the PDF version
Lent Planner Instructions
Here are some ideas that will help you plan for Lent this year. Feel free to come up with your own ideas.
Praying :
For example:
Fasting:
Almsgiving/Service
Bible Verse to Memorize
Find a Bible verse you would like to memorize.
Visit this website that has 52 short verses to memorize click here
OR
See this video for ideas
Sundays are "little Easters." I will celebrate by...
If we so chose too, we can break our Lenten fasts on Sunday's during Lent.
Read the short text about Ash Wednesday and answer the questions. Click here for a copy of the activity sheet.
"Walk with Jesus" this Lent by marking the days until Easter, colouring each day as it passes.
Additionally, you could also mark each day with ways in which you are preparing your hearts for Jesus' death and resurrection. For Example, draw a cross each day you say an extra prayer or go to mass. Draw a heart each day you perform an act of kindness or make a sacrifice.
Click here for a copy of activity sheet.
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