I’m collecting links here to resources for Lent. Especially for those who are not regulars here.
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Shrove Tuesday (day before Lent)
We give up “Alleluia” during Lent (and, since we cannot say the word, refer to it as the “A” word).
Alleluias we now forfeit in this holy time of Lent. Alleluias we relinquish as we for our sins repent, A Hymn for Shrove Tuesday We do not use the Gloria (“Glory to God in the highest…”) in the Eucharist in Lent.
Reflection on Shrove Tuesday
The quaint practice of getting eggs to make pancakes to use up the eggs we give up (to allow them to hatch in Northern Spring!)…
Mardi Gras – “fat Tuesday”
Ash Wednesday and beyond
Ash Wednesday – A Service for the Beginning of Lent
A few simple suggestions for during Lent
What is Lent – especially translating it to the Southern Hemisphere
Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
Good Friday
The catechumenate
For communities that follow a catechumenal process in which Lent is central:
Lenten preparation (catechumenate)
receiving the Lord’s Prayer (catechumenate)
receiving the creed (catechumenate)
enrolment for baptism (catechumenate)
A badge
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Hi Bosco,
if you want to link to some Lenten or Lent appropriate hymns, I’ve got these on a new blog, and a new proper preface coming next week.
http://lectionandliturgy.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/lenten-hymn/
http://lectionandliturgy.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/st-augustines-prayer/
http://lectionandliturgy.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/psalm-51-a-metrical-version/
As you see I’ve already got you in the sidebar
Thanks, Doug. People will find your links here, and any further ones you can continue adding in the comments here. Blessings.
The Diocese of California has launched a new, five-part, multi-media curriculum centered on baptism and public narrative. Although this curriculum can be used at any time, it is especially appropriate for Lent. The resource is available at http://www.diocal.org/proclaim
Thanks, Joseph. Blessings.
We invite you to enjoy our 2013 Lenten Calendar, with readings, prayer and music for each day of Lent. http://stphilipsoconnor.org.au/lent2013/
St Philip’s, O’Connor, ACT Australia
Thanks, Brian. Blessings.
We have a selection of Ignatian-inspired Lent ideas here: http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/lent/. Thanks for compiling a list.
Thanks, Denise. That looks great. Blessings.
For the Orthodox, Lent (a time of sober joy) includes MORE Alleluias, not less.
I’m not at all sure that I knew that. Is there somewhere, possibly a link to a website, where we can read more about that? Blessings.
Here ya go, Bosco:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lent
Also here, which gives more specifics:
http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/lenten-services
It would be interesting to know when this “split” on whether or not to sing/say Alleluia occurred. One more of those little things that differentiates East from West: leavened bread (always) for Liturgy, the creed (as the “one church” originally agreed) states that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father.
I’ll see if I can find out when/how this Alleluia in Lent changed. Because it seems to me a big deal on a theological level. (I like its use in Lent very much!) With Pascha (Easter) celebrated with/marked by stamping of feet over and over as we sing Christ is risen: “Trampling Down Death by Death” (over and over and over and over!). Multiple, multipe times during the night Liturgy. (Very moving actually.)
There is also a wonderful book on Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann (departed, beloved liturgist, a writer highly recommended by Thomas Merton):
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Lent-Journey-Alexander-Schmemann/dp/0913836044/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360331276&sr=8-1&keywords=Great+lent
Chapter 2 starts with a discussion of Bright Sadness – which he views as the great gift of Lent.
You may also be interested in The Lenten Spring by Thomas Hopko:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lenten-Spring-Readings-Great/dp/0881410144/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Which includes many of the beautiful prayers/theological reflections during Lent.
Peace be with you. And many blessings!
Ok, here’s a bit of history. The difference with “Alleluia” in Lent had already occurred by 692:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_East%E2%80%93West_Schism
Scroll down to: Council in Trullo (Quinisext, 692) which denounced a number of things Rome was doing, including the Alleluia. (This, apparently, was literally anathemtized, I gather, along with other differences.)
Working backward, we need to look prior to that date to find more.
Thanks for these – I will definitely follow up on your recommendations. Blessings.
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