Great Lent 2024

GREAT LENT RESOURCES 2024

The season of Great Lent is one of penance, reflection, and fasting that prepares us for the joyous celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. This period of joyful-sadness is an excellent opportunity to purposefully reflect on Jesus Christ, His sacrifice for our sins, and His victory over death through His resurrection. During this time, we are encouraged to fast, pray more, and practice intentional charity.

To assist you in having a meaningful Lenten journey, we have compiled a range of Lenten resources that you can use as you journey through this sacred season.

#1. Daily Lenten Readings

Here is a daily Lenten reading plan that takes you through Jesus’s life and ministry, leading you into His passion, death, and resurrection. This daily Bible reading plan will help you focus on repentance and reflection, preparing you for the celebration of the resurrection on Easter. Use these daily Bible readings as a great way to cover the entire Bible and grow in your faith as you reflect on all that Jesus Christ has done for you!

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#2. Daily Lenten Prayers

Prayer is an essential part of the Lenten experience as it serves as the main means of communication with God. Here are some short but powerful prayers that can help you enter into Lent prayerfully and stay connected to God. This Lenten season, take a step closer to the Lord by praying along with these daily Lenten prayer videos.

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O Lord and Master of my life,

Take from me the spirit of sloth,
despair, lust of power, and idle talk.

But give rather the spirit of chastity,
humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.

Yea, O Lord and King,

Grant me to see my own errors
and not to judge my brother,
for Thou art blessed unto ages of ages.

Amen.

– Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem

#3. What Lent is All About?

Why do Christians celebrate Lent, and what is Lent all about? This article provides everything you need to know about Lent. Learn more about this important season and how celebrating it can help you prepare for Easter and draw closer to the Savior.

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#4. Ash Wednesday

An insightful article to help you view Lent not as an obligation but as an invitation from God—an opportunity given by God to change our lives.

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#5. Preparing Your Family for the Season of Great Lent

This article offers practical steps on how we can prepare our family for the season of Great Lent and draw closer to God during this holy season.

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#6. Weekly Lent Devotionals

Devotionals are a great way to prepare your heart during this important season of reflection. Enrich your faith journey this Lent with these meaningful devotionals which provide thought-provoking insights and guidance on how best to live out this special time of journeying.

Week one: Repentance that Leads to Reconciliation

Week two: Spiritual Disciplines – Prayer

Week three: Spiritual Disciplines – Fasting

Week four: Spiritual Disciplines – Almsgiving

Week five: Partaking of the Divine Nature

#7. The Season of Great Lent

Great Lent is a powerful season that calls us to a deepening focus on Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection. In this short video, HH Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan I Metropolitan explains the significance of this season of prayer, fasting, and giving, and how you can make the most of this time of spiritual renewal and repentance to deepen your relationship with the Lord Jesus.

#8. Lenten Journey – The Transformation

Lent is a journey to transformation. In this video, Metropolitan Athanasius Yohan I explains in less than two minutes what the Lenten journey is all about.

#9. Lenten Journey – The Journey to Shed

In this video, Athanasius Yohan I Metropolitan reminds us of what the season of Lent is meant for.

#10. Lenten Journey – True Fast

Why do we fast during Lent? What is its true purpose? In this video, Athanasius Yohan I Metropolitan reminds us of what ‘True fasting’ is all about.

#11. Great Lent – A Time for Drawing Closer to God

This message shows how you can use the Season of Great Lent to grow closer to the Lord Jesus. Learn how to prepare yourselves to participate more fully in the joy of the great Paschal mystery.

#12. The Death of God

Why did the almighty creator God have to become a man? Why did God have to offer Himself as a sacrifice to save mankind? Why did God die? This book answers these tough questions while addressing the all-important question of how we, as humans, can live a life of freedom over sin and death.

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Open to me the doors of repentance, O Life-giver.

For my spirit rises early to pray towards Thy holy temple, bearing the temple of my body all defiled.

But in Thy compassion, purify me by the loving kindness of Thy mercy.

#13. Lent Weekly Reflections

These devotionals are designed to support you in your faith journey through Lent as you seek to make the most out of this holy season.

Week One: When Calculations Go Wrong

Week Two: The Gift of Pain

Week Three: A Colorless to a Colorful Life

Week Four: Dirty Hands, Deceptive Hearts and the Daring Woman

Week Five: You Raise me Up!

Week Six: Kyrie Eleison

#14. A Journey With Jesus to the Cross

This Lenten daily devotional offers brief reflections and prayers for each day of Lent, serving as an aid to help you focus on Jesus and know and experience Him in a deeper, more intimate way.

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#15. The Seasons of Lent

What is Lent? Why does the church observe Lent? How do we benefit by adhering to the Lenten faith? Are there practical guidelines for observing Lent? Questions like these and many more find their answers in this booklet.

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#16. Tetelestai

Jesus Christ made seven remarkable statements during the hours He spent nailed to the cross. This book reflects on Jesus’ final words on the cross and the deep meaning they conveyed.

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