Video Recommendations
Lent: A Time to Forgive (V 802)
Kathleen Chesto talks to parents about using the family setting to discuss the forgiveness celebrated during the Lenten season.
The Way of the Cross: Stations on Our Journey of Faith (V 1066)
Offers four different approaches to the traditional Catholic Lenten observance of the Stations of the Cross: spirituality, social justice, history and a video meditation on the stations.
Lent and Easter: The Church Celebrates (V 1565)
Provides an overview of the essence and order of the pivotal seasons of Lent and Easter in our Church’s liturgical year. The seasons serve as a time of renewal for all Catholics and intense preparation for those who are to be baptized at the Easter Vigil.
The Fourth Wise Man (D 5034)
Artaban studies the biblical prophecies and witnesses a heavenly sign that he hopes will lead him and his servant to the Messiah. Taking three gifts with them on a journey that will last 33 years, the two pursue Jesus, only to miss him at every turn, using their gifts instead to help people in need. Old and dying, and with no gifts yet to offer, Artaban finally encounters Jesus on Easter Sunday and finds peace in the final moments of his life. Same as V 566.
Book Recommendations
Lent and Easter Prayer at Home (BK 4954)
Mark G. Boyer; Ave Maria Press
How can we make Lent and Easter special? Simply by paying attention to the ordinary things all around us. The kitchen chair, the oil we cook with, the glass of wine, the dress we wear – these ordinary things bespeak not only the sacredness of our daily lives, but find their place in the traditions and celebrations of these holy seasons.
Chocolate for Lent (BK 5736)
Hilary Brand; Pauline Books and Media
Using themes from the film Chocolat, this unique approach to the season of Lent creates the space for deeper insights into self-discipline, self-giving, conversion, acceptance and maturing in Christ.
Lenten Lunches: Reflections on the Weekday Readings for Lent and Easter Week (BK 5905)
Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk; St. Anthony Messenger Press
The menu for these reflections includes food for thought – a “lunch” – for each Lenten weekday, beginning with Ash Wednesday, and includes the Triduum and Easter Week as a kind of dessert course.
Internet Recommendations
www.americancatholic.org/Features/Lent
The season of Lent 2009 begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25. Our feature includes a Lenten calendar, activities, readings and reflections updated daily throughout Lent, from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday.
All diocesan parishioners are encouraged to make use of the Diocesan Resource Center’s holdings. To check out these materials or others, phone Kathy Ward at 406-442-5820 or 1-800-584-8914, or e-mail kward@diocesehelena.org;
updated listings of the center’s titles are online at www.diocesehelena.org/catalog.
Published in The Montana Catholic, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 20, 2009.
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