This document provides content for Day Three of a 40-day virtual Lenten retreat. It discusses how prayer, fasting, and almsgiving can help bring balance to one's life during Lent, likened to the three legs of a stool or tripod. The document references Jesus fasting for 40 days in the desert and quotes St. Augustine of Hippo's description of love having hands to help others, feet to hasten to the poor, eyes to see misery, and ears to hear sighs and sorrows. It concludes by blessing the reader on their journey for the day.

1. 40 Days-40 Ways to Faith
A Virtual Retreat for Lent
Before you begin, take a few moments to rid yourself
of all other distractions so that you may use this time
for meditation and prayer.

2. Day Three
Becoming Well Balanced

3. Imagine trying to sit on a stool that only has two
legs or set up a camera on a tripod with only one leg.
It’s hard to do because the stool and the tripod need
at least three legs to achieve balance.
We, too, need to have balance in our lives.
and the Church gives us the opportunity to regain
our balance during Lent through the three legs of
Lent.

6. Prayer – How should we pray?

7. "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the
Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert, for the space of
forty days; and was tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing in
those days; and when they were ended, He was hungry." (Luke 4:1-2)

8. "What does love look like? It has the hands to help
others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and
needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the
ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is
what love looks like."~ St. Augustine of Hippo

11. May God bless you on your journey today!