Ash Wednesday

Day 1 -

In today's liturgical readings, the Church, reminds me of the three pillars of Lent:
1) Almsgiving
2) Fasting
3) Prayer
Of course they would be the three things I have most difficulty with, but with God's grace nothing is impossible!

During my lunch break I went to a local parish and visited Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
I asked the Lord to grant me a spiritual map to use as a guide during my Lenten journey, the map I received consisted of seven mountains --
Mountain number 1: pray the sorrowful mysteries each day.
Mountain number 2: make the stations of the cross.
Mountain number 3: read the Passion narrative from the Gospels.
Mountain number 4: have St. Alphonsus Ligouri be my guide.
Mountain number 5: Live in the present moment, not in the past and not in the future.
Mountain number 6: Have a special devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows.
Mountain number 7: Make a good examination of conscience every night.

So there you have it. My spiritual map for Lent.
More to follow...