Are you ready to begin? This is the first day of your best Lent ever. I have been looking forward to taking this journey with you.

Each week we will focus on a particular theme of our Catholic faith. After an email like this with the initial game plan, I will send you videos and inspirational quotes within that theme throughout the week. We are going to start with God’s dream for you.

I will be praying that you have a life-changing Lent. But, keep in mind, it is up to you.

Be bold. Be Catholic.,

Focus:

Everything makes sense in relation to God’s dream. When we feel like life is not making sense, it is usually because we have lost sight of God’s vision for our lives. What areas of your life have you lost sight of God’s vision?

Act:

More than anything else, God wants to have a dynamic relationship with you. This week, take time in prayer to ask him what his dream is for you.

Pray:

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself… But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost... I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

—Thomas Merton