• ... is our time to follow Christ into the desert, to take away the extras from our lives to truly focus on Him. We take on Lenten sacrifices and challenges to help prepare ourselves to walk through Holy Week, through the Passion, with Christ, and to rise again with him on Easter Sunday

• .... is a season of penance focused on prayer (reading Scripture,participating in the sacraments), fasting (abstain from luxurious foods, activities, habits, etc), and almsgiving (give your time,talent, and treasure). Penance allows us to make more room for God in our lives

.... is an opportunity to open ourselves to receive more grace from God by ongoing conversion of heart (and habit).

The Holy Heroes Instructions