The season of Lent has two characteristics:
- It recalls for most of us our Baptism or prepares a few of us for Baptism at Easter. It stresses a penitential spirit…..during Lent, penance should not be only internal and individual but also external and social (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Vatican II, Nos. 109/110).
- Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting (for those over 18 years and under 60 years) and abstinence from meat (for those over 14 years).
Lent is the season of penance—more time given to prayer, to works of charity and welfare, and more effort at self-denial.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in a communal way with several priests on Tuesday 30 March at 7.45pm.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 