Spiritual Reflection – Fourth Week of Lent

CRSSFIT

A Spiritual Boot Camp | LENT 2025

“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.”
— Pope Francis, 2021

CR+SSFIT  | A Spiritual Boot Camp 2025 A 7 week guide to a ‘fitter’ spiritual self. The method used for the boot camp is Faith in Action and Lectio/Visio Divina. Elements of Contemporary Physical Awareness will be intertwined with Elements of Spiritual Fitness each week. Jesus – Our Cr+ssfit Guide and Exemplar will accompany us on our Lenten journey enabling us to better embody our Catholic Social Teaching Principles.

Week 4 – Homecoming

Outline

This week, the parable from Scripture of the Prodigal Son connects our physical efforts with the Common Good. The father of the prodigal son reaches out and embraces his wayward son; however, his brother’s reaction is the opposite. His arms seem to have stayed by his side. He is focussed on himself, his anger, his sense of unjust treatment.  We are people called to use ‘us’ and ‘we’ more than ‘I’ and ‘me’. Are we  people who rejoice in the joys of others and show compassion for those who are suffering?

• Catholic Social Teaching Focus: The Common Good
• Body Part Awareness Exercise – ARMS

The instructions for this week’s session can be found in the booklet here.