1. You can decide to save 1k everyday throughout the forty days of lent. At the end, you give the money to someone in need or pay someone’s school fees or trade.
2. You can go through your wardrobe, select clothes you have not worn for about a year. Wash them and iron them very well and give them to people. Let it be something that will hurt you.
3. If you are fasting and you decide to skip breakfast and lunch, give the breakfast and lunch money to someone in need.
4. You can make it as a point of duty to attend mass throughout this Lent. And you can also say your rosary each day. It may not be easy at the beginning, but just try. Do something and push yourself.
5. Most people are so engrossed with fake news, rumours and talking about others. During this lent you can decide to pay less attention to unhealthy information and mind your business especcially on issues that don’t concern you.
6. You can decide to moderate your social media time. You can choose a particular time to come online or particular people you will be listening to or reading this period. It is important you don’t allow any cabbage into your pure soul.Ordinarily, this should not just be about lent, but try it now and grace will come to you.
7. You can decide to visit the homeless or elderly. You may do it once in a week for five weeks of lent. You don’t need to go with your phones to take pictures. Just enjoy your almsgiving in silence.
8. You can decide to be the cleaner in your house this season. Keep your house clean. Do the laundry of even your siblings or parents without them asking. Charity begins at home. Do something you have not done before.
9. Discipline yourself against food and drinks for it is healthy to do so. You do not have to takein especially alcoholic drinks because it is available.
10. As a member of Ascension Cooperative Society use the opportunity of this Lenten period to solidify your resolve to make your monthly savings without failing each month for the rest of this year 2022.