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December 30, 2018Catholic New Year’s Resolutions
Looking for a New Years resolution that isn’t losing weight or exercising more? Here are some Catholic ideas for resolutions that will clean your soul and make you a more faithful disciple of Jesus.
- Go to daily Mass at least once a week.
- Read the New Testament. Just a chapter or two each day and begin with the Gospel of Mark and Luke.
- Pray the Rosary three times a week. It takes 15 minutes!
- Get a spiritual director.
- Keep a journal tracking your prayer life.
- Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation once a month.
- Donate 10% of your annual income to charity. (think about giving at least 5% to your parish Church)
- Volunteer at a food pantry or soup kitchen once a month or one a quarter.
- Buy that homeless person you see on the street a meal. Ask what they want to eat and bring it to them…or better yet, take them in the restaurant and get to know them.
- Pray for your classmate or coworker who annoys/angers you the most. Offer a specific prayer or penance for them once a week.
- Make a personal pilgrimage each month to a nearby shrine or church.
- Start praying the Liturgy of the Hours (begin with either Morning or Evening Prayer).
- Make a retreat this year.
- Volunteer for something new (or for the first time) at your parish.
- Start wearing a scapular every day.
- Plan on and make the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary this year by St. Louis de Montfort.
- Attend Holy Mass at an Eastern Rite Catholic Church. Try different ones!
- Attend Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite (the Mass before Vatican II).
- Stop watching Pornography.
- Read classic Catholic literature by G.K Chesterton, Tolkien, and even C.S Lewis (he was almost Catholic).
