Lent
Lent is a powerful season for reflection, renewal, and spiritual growth, inviting us to journey inward while deepening our connection to others.
Enrich Your Lenten Journey
Education for Justice provides an extensive collection of Lent resources to enrich this journey. These resources include guided prayers, reflective articles, and discussion guides designed to explore themes of sacrifice, justice, and hope. They include everything from “Justice Stations of the Cross” to Lenten calendars, all aimed at making Lent an opportunity for spiritual engagement and social justice.
By connecting themes of compassion and community, these resources help make Lent more meaningful—beyond traditional fasting and penance, toward an active pursuit of justice. Whether you’re a faith leader, educator, or someone seeking to deepen your Lenten practice, these resources provide insights and activities to inspire reflection and action. Explore Education for Justice’s offerings to make this Lent a season of growth that embraces personal transformation and the broader call to social justice.
Lent is a time of reflection on the suffering and injustice present in the world and also an invitation for us to recognize the struggles of others as Christ did. It also calls for transformation...
This prayer for Lent invites us to embrace the darkness of Christ’s suffering and the suffering of our world today, yet to always journey forward towards the light of our...
Reflect on the life of the nonviolent Jesus and strive to be a peacemaker with this prayer from peace activist John Dear.
Discover meaningful ways to observe Lent with various...
These printable valentine cards are rooted in principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Share messages of love for justice and all of creation this Valentine's Day!
During this prayer experience, participants will draw a simple image as they prayerfully reflect on ways to shift their gaze towards justice this Lent.
Find a quiet space, paper or a journal, a...
Using poetry as a companion for prayer can be a rich and engaging endeavor. Poetry invites the listener into participation in the unfolding layers of meaning that come from the nuances of language,...
This reflection is based on the text of Pope Francis’s 2018 Lenten Message. To view the reflection, click here: http://bit.ly/2HgyxVA.
We pray the Lenten Journey to Easter as we walk with so many suffering in the world today, with the seemingly impossible Resurrection calling us forward from the Cross toward an Easter dawning of...
Third Sunday of Lent [a]
March 19, 2017
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that...
Fourth Sunday of Lent [a]
March 26, 2017
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that...
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion [a]
April 9, 2017
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social...
Fifth Sunday of Lent [a]
April 2, 2017
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that...
