Spiritual Reflection – Fifth 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 5 – Redeemed

Outline

This week, we see Jesus deliberately enter a dangerous place. A woman caught in adultery is about to be stoned, Jesus doesn't just appear, he becomes involved, he gets in the middle, into the ‘thick of it’.

Not only does he use his hands to protect her, he uses his hands to reach out to the mob and remind them of their own sins. He not only empowers the woman through her repentance but helps the mob change their own behaviour through self awareness and a change of heart.

• Catholic Social Teaching Focus: Subsidiarity and Participation
• Body Part Awareness Exercise – HANDS

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