Lent 2010
Following are guidelines for Lenten abstinence and fasting which began on Ash Wednesday.
Everyone fourteen years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent including Good Friday.
Everyone eighteen years of age and older but under the age of sixty is also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
On these two days, the law of fast allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids during the day is permitted.
When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not apply. Where there is doubt concerning fast or abstinence, a priest assigned to pastoral ministry or confessor should be consulted. In the spirit of penance, the Church urges the faithful not to lightly excuse themselves from this obligation.
Below you will find links to online resources, retreats and lectures for the 2010 Lenten season:
Vatican Lenten ResourcesEnglish
Spanish
Committee on Divine Worship from the USCCB
Resources for Lent and Easter
USCCB
The Lenten Season
Franciscan Radio Lenten Retreat
Vallombrosa
Lenten Prayer Service
Stations of the Cross for the Elderly
Lenten webinars from Loyola Press - a Jesuit ministry
Liturgical Year
Online Resources
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Inc.
