CHRIST THE KING PARISH

Lent Penance & Confession DONE RIGHT: Species, Number, Circumstances

In this Lent conference we begin with prayer and dive straight into penance, confession, and the real work of conversion. Penance is not self-harm or “beating ourselves up”—it’s ordered to amending our life, correcting defects, and uprooting the sins that keep us mediocre. A major theme: confessions are getting sloppier, and many penitents are not preparing.

The traditional counsel is clear: nightly examination of conscience, plus regular acts of contrition. In confession, Catholics should confess species, number, and circumstances—especially for mortal sin. Vague admissions like “I was impure” hide the true species of the sin and obstruct a clear, honest confession.

Fr. Ripperger

Sensus Fidelium

(59 mins)

How to pray the Stations of the Cross

Do you ever wonder what it was really like to be at the Passion of Jesus?

Our tendency is to approach the Gospels as history, far removed from who and where we are today. The temptation is to distance ourselves and approach them in an impersonal way.

But the Gospels are a living, breathing, deeply personal experience. If we are to encounter the living Jesus as powerfully as possible, we need to learn to place ourselves there, in each scene, seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting everything that is happening, contemplating what each person in the scene is thinking, feeling, hoping, fearing.

The Stations of the Cross is one of the most simple, yet powerful, ways to prayerfully walk alongside Jesus and encounter him like never before...

Dynamic Catholic

Fasting Fridays with Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt

Listen to the first Fasting Fridays sessions of Hallow's Pray40 Lent prayer challenge, featuring Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt.

Already, nearly 2 million people have joined the Pray40 Lent prayer challenge.

Join Jonathan Roumie, Mark Wahlberg, Chris Pratt, Fr. Mike, Sr. Miriam, Cardinal Robert Sarah, and millions of other Christians around the world in Lent Pray40.

Mark Wahlberg & Chris Pratt

Hallow

(Audio - 11 mins)