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lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers

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Cards have been updated to reflect dates for the 2022 Lenten season. Enjoy!ย 

We’re one week into Lent this year, and I feel like we kind of struggled for the first week.

Our parish priest stressed to us the importance of ‘not giving up chocolate’ again and instead challenged us to really make this Lent count.

So we agreed.

We wouldn’t give up chocolate.

lent for modern catholic kids | teachmama.com

But honestly, after so many years of doing just that–giving up sweets–for Lent, it felt strange not to.

And we all weren’t really sure how to manage, what to do, or really how to make Lent count without doing so.

So I did some research, I poked around, and I created something that would help make Lent different for us this year. It would help make my modern Catholic kids, and our modern Catholic family, more reflective during this special time.

I created daily reflections and prayers for our kids–our family.

And I think it could really change the way we look at these 40 days before Easter.

Here’s the skinny. . .

Lent for Modern Catholic Kids — Daily Reflections and Prayers:

First of all, Lent is a season during the Christian year where Christians focus on repentance, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and runs the 40ish days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. It follows Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras which are days of partying and excess, since Lent, of course follows.

(Believe me–I’m by no means an expert on Lent; if you want to learn more, definitely visit the resources at the end of this post.)

lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers

But what I wanted this year was something similar to what I was reading in Matthew Kelly’s Rediscover Jesus— something that would help our family to have our ‘Best Lent Ever’.

So I created daily cards with a Lenten spin.

You know we love our daily cards.

Lunchbox notes, daily grammar, daily writing.

You name it.

I like consistency.

Anyway, I created simple prompts based on Traci Smith’s 2016 Lenten Practices for Families Calendar (which you can buy for $2). I liked the way that Traci based her activities on the three traditional ‘pillars’ of Lent–prayer, fasting, and almsgiving (or service).

I had never looked at Lent in this way, so I thought it might be worth doing for our family. Any way that we, as parents, can break down something big and complicated like Lent into something smaller and more manageable, the better. Right? Right.

lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers
lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers
lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers

So really, that’s it.

I found a tiny wooden easel that Cora got at a birthday party last month, and I created cards that would easily rest on it.

I didn’t want all of the cards to be on the easel; rather, I wanted just a few–3-5 cards–so that if someone missed one by chance, it would be easy to catch up.

lent for modern catholic kids | daily reflections and prayers

There are eight pages of Lenten reflection cards and a final page with the 5-finger prayer method and a prayer for Pope Francis. We used the Pope Francis prayer handout at our Children’s Liturgy of the Word last year. I think it’s helpful for kids.

And that’s it.

Do you want these cards? Do they’ll help your family really make this Lent count? 

I’d love to have you try them and let me know what you think!

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lent for modern catholic kids

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Do share what you’re doing this Lent to really make it count. 

Follow us on Instagram at @teachmama1 and use the #prayfastserve hashtag for your own family’s practices. 

Want a few more ideas for the Easter season?

  • Resurrection Rolls
  • Lent ideas for kids & family
  • Easter egg pattern match game
  • Egg dying 101

Learn more about Lent:

  • Dynamic Catholic: Lent
  • Best Lent Ever Journal
  • Lenten Resources from The Upper Room
  • Catholic Life: Lent
  • Lenten Activities from TheCatholicMom.com

fyi: Many thanks to Traci Smith for sharing her vision and for being my inspiration here. Head over to her site for a fabulous, easy-to-use 2016 calendar. 

fyi: Some of the links in the post above are โ€œaffiliate links.โ€ This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Forever and always I recommend only products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissionโ€™s 16 CFR, Part 255: โ€œGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.โ€  For more information, please see teachmama media, llc. disclosure policy. 

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  1. katie

    February 27, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    Hi, I subscribed so I could print the lent cards, but I am not getting the email it said I was suppose to receive?

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      March 1, 2017 at 8:04 am

      hey friend! you should definitely get it if you put in your email address! let me know if you don’t find the email in spam–I’ll send it!

      Reply
  2. Karyn

    March 5, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    Thank you so much for making these cards available. Every year I try to Do something different for LEnt with my little ones but always struggle to do something interesting. THese ideas will definitely help!!

    Reply
  3. Andrea Woolums

    January 4, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    Any chance you are publishing an updated 2018 version?

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      January 8, 2018 at 4:49 pm

      Andrea! Yes, yes! Hope to have it ready by end of January. . . boy–you’re ahead of the game, lady! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • Jodi

        February 15, 2018 at 7:44 am

        Where can I find the 2018 version?

        Reply
        • amy mascott

          February 20, 2018 at 8:40 pm

          right here!! if you put your name in the box, you’ll get the 2018 version!

        • cristina leone

          February 22, 2018 at 9:21 pm

          hi, I ‘m also looking for the 2018 version of the prayer cards. I put my email address in the box, but I didn’t receive anything.

        • amy mascott

          February 26, 2018 at 10:32 am

          Put your name in the box on the post page, and itโ€™ll appear in your inbox!

  4. Catechism Rocks!

    January 17, 2018 at 2:37 am

    What a great post! Thanks for sharing! Just wanted to note a correction for your post above…you mention Michael Kelly as the author of โ€œRediscover Jesusโ€ but his name is actually Matthew Kelly. Iโ€™m a big fan of Matthew Kelly and Dynamic Catholic as well! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
  5. Catechism Rocks

    January 17, 2018 at 2:37 am

    What a great post! Thanks for sharing! Just wanted to note a correction for your post above…you mention Michael Kelly as the author of โ€œRediscover Jesusโ€ but his name is actually Matthew Kelly. Iโ€™m a big fan of Matthew Kelly and Dynamic Catholic as well! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      January 23, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      YIKES!! Thank you, thank you, friend! I am always moving too quickly. Many thanks for the correction!

      Reply
  6. Melissa

    February 10, 2018 at 12:10 am

    these 2018 updated Lenten reflection cards look great. Your note above says to try them out but there is no link to click on and print them out. Am I missing something? Would live to print them. Help!

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      February 10, 2018 at 8:56 am

      Hi, friend! Thank you! Just add your email to the box, and they will magically appear in your inbox! THANK YOU!

      Reply
  7. Ashley goodbrand

    February 14, 2018 at 11:46 pm

    Hello! I am trying to subscribe but when I click the link in my email, the plug in is blocked. would love access to the lenten cards for 2018!!

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      February 20, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      Ashley! It looks like you got the email with the cards. . . have you received it yet?

      Reply
  8. Christene

    March 1, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    Hi Amy! I recently found your lenten daily reflection cards. I wonder if you have plans to update them for 2019, or can you provide an editable version? I would really like to use these cards with my 4th grade students.

    Thank you and God bless!
    Christene

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      March 5, 2019 at 11:45 am

      they’re already updated, Christine!

      Reply
  9. Deb Molitor

    February 11, 2020 at 4:38 pm

    Please send 2020 cards

    Reply
    • amy mascott

      February 12, 2020 at 2:40 pm

      hi, Deb! You can grab the 2020 Lent Cards in my store, here. Hope this helps!

      Reply

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