Lent provides a great opportunity to further strive to reach our full "stature" in Christ by examining ourselves and the constant call to experience deeper conversion of mind and heart.

The Church invites us to look at three areas of our lives:

1. Prayer - finding more time for prayer
2. Fasting - asking ourselves if the Holy Spirit is in control of all areas of our lives. What owns me? Food, Entertainment, etc. What is interfering with my ability to love God and neighbor?
3. Almsgiving - sharing of our own resources not out of a desire to recognized but out of a desire to be generous and guided by the Holy Spirit. Christians should live simply...that others may simply live.