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Lent 2026 Recommended Content
- Pastor’s Pick- Book- Lenten Healing: 40 Days to Set You Free from Sin – Ken Kniepmann (166pp, Daily Devotional)
- This daily devotional perfect for Lent, is organized around the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven Contrary Virtues, the Seven Deadly Wounds, and the Seven Signs of Healing. Each week, the reader will contemplate one of the sins and its corresponding virtue, wound, and sign of healing.
- This devotional is recommended by Dr. Bob Schuchts of the JPII Healing Center and Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire.
- https://www.avemariapress.com/products/lenten-healing
- Activity - Reclaiming Sundays: A Monthly Guide for Families - Archdiocese - September 2025 - August 2026
- This is recommended for all parishioners and families -in addition to- any book study below.
- Download from https://www.archspm.org/sundays/ 14pp.
- Audience: Parents, Parish-wide, and Small Groups
- Introductory level
- Note that parishioner Randall McClure is leading a small group on Tuesday evenings to discuss this document. Sign up for this Reclaiming Sundays. Seriously! group at https://bit.ly/3vAtTzg or contact Emily Meyer ([email protected]), or Randall McClure ([email protected]).
- Videos – Reclaiming Sundays – Archdiocese – 5 minutes each
- The combination of the monthly written activity guides above and the videos can be a very fruitful set of content for families or small groups.
- View at https://www.archspm.org/sundays/
- Audience: Parents, Parish-wide, and Small Groups
- Introductory level
- Archbishop Hebda’s Introductory Video
- September – Prayer
- October – Rest and Recreation
- November – Beauty
- December – Music
- January – Invitation
- February – No/Low-Tech Sundays – not yet published
- March – Elevated Conversation – not yet published
- April – Breaking Bread – not yet published
- May – Community – not yet published
- June – Screen-Free Sundays – not yet published
- July - Creation – not yet published
- August – Service - not yet published
- Activity – Emmaus Family Nights – Nativity – monthly on Sundays, 3:00-6:00 pm
- Four events remaining.
- February 22
- March 15
- April 26
- Book - Dies Domini - The Lord’s Day - Pope St. John Paul II - ~ 40 pp. 7 chapters
- http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html
- Or, use an online summary with selected excerpts
- Audience: Small Groups
- Advanced level, more scripture and theology
- Note that parishioner Mary Reichardt is leading a small group to discuss this document. Sign up for this Enriching Our Sundays group at https://bit.ly/3vAtTzg or contact Emily Meyer ([email protected]), or Randall McClure ([email protected]).
- Book – Journaling with Sunday Scripture – 2026 liturgical year
- This journal including the Sunday readings would be a great way for families and individuals to get more out of Sunday Mass this year.
- See https://fortifyingfamiliesoffaith.com/shop/ols/products/journaling-with-sunday-scripture
- Videos - Hope: The Practical Virtue for Challenging Times - Deacon Joseph Michalak – 6 sessions – 15-30 minutes each
- https://missionsupport.archspm.org/executive-cell-team-ect-resources/
- This series has implications for Christmas, the Christmas season, and Epiphany. This may reinforce our understanding of Nativity's new mission statement, centered on these three mysteries of the liturgical year, leading toward and from our patronal feast of Christmas.
- Prepare the Way of the Lord
- Celebrate That God is With Us
- Shine With the Light of Christ
- This video series hosted by Deacon Michalak, invites viewers to rediscover the strength that flows from Christ’s love and to anchor our lives in the promise of his healing presence.
- Book - Getting Work Right - Michael J. Naughton - $25 hardcover, $20 eBook - 200 pp. (22 or 17 pp./week)
- https://stpaulcenter.com/store/getting-work-right-labor-and-leisure-in-a-fragmented-world?srsltid=AfmBOoqUIZJIF1ZExSl9f3-lHpxPHhDRh2_QCwi1WMWJG0vcN0r68Obu
- Audience: Parish-wide, and Small Groups
- Intermediate level
- Book - The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer - $15 hardcover or Kindle - 300 pp. 12 chapters, easy reading
- https://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Elimination-Hurry-Emotionally-Spiritually/dp/0525653090
- study guide or workbook, each $15
- Audience: Parish-wide, and Small Groups
- Introductory level
- Videos – based on The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer
- Although a Protestant, this book was recommended by the Archdiocese for this year.
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT9r_Xds6wt7KfAMYn8ehpdponWKH60XK
- most videos are 10 minutes; a couple are 45 minutes
- Videos – Adoration – Father Erickson – 5 sessions – 15-25 minutes
- See https://www.youtube.com/@nativityofourlord
- Study guides at https://nativitystpaul.org/adoration-video-series
- Audience: Parents, Parish-wide, and Small Groups
- Introductory level
- Videos - Stewardship: Beyond the Money! - Father Marc Paveglio, Pastor of St. Rose of Lima - 3 sessions 15 minutes each
- Stewardship - how we respond to the manifold gifts of God as disciples of Jesus. Steward: one who receives God’s gifts gratefully, uses them generously, and cultivates them faithfully. By growing in stewardship - in the large - we will grow in the gifts God has given us, and in generous hospitality to all God’s people - everyone!
- Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzAV21iWgI
- Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OgHdCu_BIo
- Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMwKGiVHnZA