{"id":3344,"date":"2016-02-12T22:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T22:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/?page_id=3344"},"modified":"2016-02-15T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T22:27:00","slug":"st-marys-lenten-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/parish\/liturgy-devotions\/st-marys-lenten-website\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary&#8217;s &#8220;Lenten Website&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3345\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3345 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web-317x400.jpg\" alt=\"rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web\" width=\"317\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web-317x400.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web-148x187.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son-_web.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 317px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 317\/400;\" \/><\/a><strong>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/lent-as-i-see-it\/\">LENT AS I SEE IT<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two of the most fundamental reasons for Lent are missed by a very large number of people; perhaps you are one. This article corrects that mistake.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2 THREE POPES SHARE ABOUT LENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the three most recent Popes sharing their thoughts on Lent. We recommend that during the six weeks of Lent you read three of these messages per week. All are quite short, a little over two pages.<br \/><strong>Pope St. John Paul II:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20010206_lent-2001.html\" target=\"_blank\">2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20020205_lent-2002.html\" target=\"_blank\">2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20030206_lent-2003.html\" target=\"_blank\">2003<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20040129_lent-2004.html\" target=\"_blank\">2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20050127_lent-2005.html\" target=\"_blank\">2005<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pope Benedict XVI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20050929_lent-2006.html\" target=\"_blank\">2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20061121_lent-2007.html\" target=\"_blank\">2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20071030_lent-2008.html\" target=\"_blank\">2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20081211_lent-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\">2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091030_lent-2010.html\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20101104_lent-2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20111103_lent-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20121015_lent-2013.html\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pope Francis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131226_messaggio-quaresima2014.html\" target=\"_blank\">2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/papa-francesco_20141004_messaggio-quaresima2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/lent\/documents\/papa-francesco_20151004_messaggio-quaresima2016.html\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/the-works-of-lent\/\">THE WORKS OF LENT<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For most of its life the Church has recommended three special penances for Lent. These are Fasting, Prayer and Almsgiving. Perhaps you will see some good reasons.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/sample-lenten-penances\/\">SAMPLE PENANCES<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some people have great difficulty in planning Lenten Penances. Here are some samples and then recommendations from Pope Fracas in thief Year of Mercy.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/category\/news\/notices\/feasts-celebrations\/lenten-articles\/\">SEE ALL LENTEN ARTICLES<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. LENT AS I SEE IT Two of the most fundamental reasons for Lent are missed by a very large number of people; perhaps you are one. This article corrects that mistake. 2 THREE POPES SHARE ABOUT LENT Here are the three most recent Popes sharing their thoughts on Lent. We recommend that during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":753,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3344"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3344\/revisions\/3380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmarys-tallaght.ie\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}