- Attend Stations of the Cross
- Attend Adoration
- Attend daily Mass
- Start a “collection jar” for the poor and put all loose change in it
- Work the Table of Plenty
- Create a prayer space at home and use it daily
- Say the rosary as a family once a week (start with one decade)
- Read Scripture daily (start with the Gospels)
- Attend Reconciliation as a family
- Eat only broth, beans, and unleavened bread as a meal and offer prayers for others
- Start a prayer list and pray for those family/friends each day at meal time
- Smile to everyone you encounter for one whole day
- Watch “The Passion”
- Post one funny “clean” joke on FB
- Rub a loved one’s back
- Do someone else’s weekly chore once
- Write a love letter
- Share a favorite Scripture with your family
- Send a note of appreciation to someone who has helped you in the past (friend/teacher/co-worker/family)
- Make a list of appreciation
- Be nice to someone you dislike
- Bring in your neighbor’s trash cans
- Take 3 minute showers once a week: time yourself
- Join a new ministry at church
- Thank your mail carrier
- Give three hand-written affirmations one day…once a week
- If children are in school, write a note and place in lunch box randomly
- Tip the waitress 30% or 40%
- Share Saint stories
- Attend ALL Holy Week Masses
- Tweet or Facebook a message of a genuine compliment to three people right now
- When everyone around you is gossiping about someone, be the one to butt in with something nice
- Put your phone away
- Don’t interrupt when someone else is speaking (surprisingly few people master this)
- Forgive someone, and never bring up the issue again
- Give someone a hug
- Talk to someone at work whom you haven’t talked to before
- Text someone just to say “good morning” or “good night”
- Say “I love you” at least three times each day
- Sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor for a few days as you offer prayers to other