The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Lent is a special time of prayer that lasts for 40 days and includes both fasting and almsgiving. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and it concludes when the sun goes down on Holy Thursday. In scripture we see that immediately after baptism, Jesus went into the desert to pray and fast for 40 days before the beginning of His earthly ministry. During Lent we recognize that we are baptized into Christ’s death, and we must die with Him to began new life in Him. Lent is a time of repentance, prayer, and reflection. The goal is to increase in personal holiness, grow closer to Jesus and to recommit our lives to Him, shedding bad habits and vices. Christians are asked to fast from things that they have an earthly attachment to, giving that time to God in worship and recollection instead. We abstain from luxuries during Lent, but we also labor to know and love God better in our personal lives by being more faithful to Christ. Most Lenten prayers are prayers of reflection on the passion and death of Jesus and on our own need for repentance and renewal.
Contemplate the depth of Christ’s love by praying the 15 prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden. Print the 15 O’s with our free PDF download.
When the devil entered Judas it gave our Lord’s Sacred Heart an agony both spiritual and physical. This is a contemplative prayer of adoration on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ for Good Friday.
The traditional Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori, or way of the cross, meditates on the 14 stations of the Passion of Christ, publicly prayed on Fridays during Lent.
