10 tips to make the most of the last days of Lent 2025

Very little for the end of Lent, we may have not taken the most out of this time of prayer, fasting and alms. Therefore, we share 10 practical tips to finish living in fullness these days and prepare the heart for the beginning of Holy Week 2025, which is the most important liturgical time of the Catholic Church.

The forty days of the Lent time give us the opportunity to renew our faith through a sincere conversion, that is, to regret our sins and change something of us to get closer to Jesus and thus be able to receive the great Easter party in the best possible way.

Thanks to the book Holy Hacks: Everyday Ways to Live Your Faith & Get to Heaven (Santos tricks: everyday ways of living your faith and reaching heaven), we present 10 tips to make the most of the last days of Lent.

1. Pray for others

One of the spiritual works of mercy is to pray for the living and the dead. This year we can pray especially for the health of Pope Francis, for unborn children, for persecuted Christians and by the thousands of affected around the world for the violence of war, especially in Ukraine and Gaza.

2. Thank God for how bad it happens to you

It is important to remember giving God at all times, even when we have to face inconveniences or spend difficulties. If your circumstances allow it, take advantage of this time to visit a church and thank the Lord for the thanks you receive, but also for the difficulties. Ask your help to face them with patience and confidence in it.

3. Take your sufferings and join those of Christ in his passion and crucifixion

In the book The divine mercy in my soul: the Diario de Santa Faustinathe Polish religious who received messages from Jesus about devotion to divine mercy, explained that his sacrifice makes sense when he joins that of the Lord.

4. Do the Crucis at home

Go to your parish and pray the via Crucis in community; But in case this is not possible, you can also make the stations walking in different environments of your house or somewhere quiet. The important thing is to pray meditating in Jesus’ sufferings for us.

5. Pray for the person who offends you or irrit

The Lord Jesus asked us to pray and do good to all, especially our enemies. This time is conducive to praying for those who fall badly, they irritate us, offend or bassinally.

6. A fast from what moves you away from God

In addition to the traditional fasting that recommends and promotes the Church for many centuries, which has to do with food, we must also abandon all those behaviors that move us away from God and our brothers.

Mother Angelica, founder of Ewtn, explained that the meaning of these sacrifices is that they help us imitate Jesus, strengthening our will. When we sin, the religious assured, many times we do it by mistake, but many others do it for the inability to deny ourselves.

The founder of EWTN said that “Lent is not about penance 40 days, but a reminder that there is much in me that has not changed an apex.”

7. A fast with bread and water

For some people this sacrifice can be very great. Andrew Lavallee, founder of Live the Fast He points out that “an fasting of bread and water teaches us to distinguish between what we need and what we want”, in addition to helping us “in a poor spirit, because our food is simple but satisfactory.”

So choose a day when you only eat bread and water, or you can also decide not to eat between meals, or deny you a dessert or a sweet after lunch or dinner.

8. Ask God to reveal to the “lazarus” of your life

If we really pay attention to our reality, the large number of people who need help in a very specific way is visible. Today, more than ever there is someone who needs us to meet their urgent needs, such as food and medicines, so ask God to grace and act with mercy.

9. Donate the money for non -essential things

If you refrain from something not essential, you can donate that money to the poor. You can also look for charity initiatives waiting for the generous donations of all, or help the poor you see along the way and need you.

10. Collaborate with other decent causes

While food and medicine for the most needy are important, there are also other decent causes with which you can collaborate, and that require financial support to achieve their noble purposes.

For example, you can collaborate with charity hospitals, orphanages, centers to help pregnant women and any cause that contributes to improving the dignity of people who face difficult situations.

Originally published on March 28, 2022. It has been updated for republication.