Based on the popular spiritual healing program designed by Bob Schuchts and the John Paul II Healing Center, Lenten Healing offers a twist to traditional Lenten fasting: instead of giving up chocolate, give up your sin.
By the time Easter arrives,.
Sin isn\'t just an activity; it is a place of the heart (the interior life) and the movement of the heart (toward or away from sin) as related to thoughts, beliefs, and emotions.
Kniepmann helps you see how the depth of Catholic teaching is connected to your daily life.
Obvious examples include giving up a habit such as a favorite food, sleeping in, or late-night TV--but what happens when you try to give up your sins while recognizing the deeper reasons you commit them in the first place? By seeing those connections and praying specifically for God\'s insight, healing, and revelation, you\'ll be able to experience God\'s mercy and love to a greater capacity.
Fasting, the practice of giving up pleasures or comforts, allows us to grow in holiness by putting our desires to a kind of death.
Then you\'ll move into reflection and prayer exercises that guide you through the process of renouncing that week\'s sin and resolving to adopt that week\'s virtue.
You\'ll start by learning about the sin and how it manifests itself in daily life and thought patterns.
During each week of Lent, Ken Kniepmann of the John Paul II Healing Center breaks open one of the seven deadly sins (pride, lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, envy, and greed) and its corresponding virtue (humility, chastity, abstinence, diligence, patience, kindness, and liberality).
Lent is the ideal time to identify and address "spiritual blind spots"--unacknowledged emotional wounds and false ideas that hinder your prayer life and worship.
This daily Lenten devotional offers a unique approach to fasting, helping you reexamine the psychological and spiritual roots of sin in your life while sharing reflections and prayer exercises for overcoming sinful habits and acquiring virtuous ones.
Based on the popular spiritual healing program designed by Bob Schuchts and the John Paul II Healing Center, Lenten Healing offers a twist to traditional Lenten fasting: instead of giving up chocolate, give up your sin
