b'Color It PurpleThe liturgical color of Lent is purple. Create a strong visual reminder of Lent by bringing purple into your lessons in every possible way. Copy handouts on purple paper. Incorporate purple background for bulletin boards, white boards, and projection slides. Leave comments on student work using pens with purple ink. If rules allow, invite the children to wear a purple shirt on a specifi ed day (perhaps to a Lenten Mass). Invite the rest of the school or religious education program to also wear purple. A simple visual reminder can continually underscore the presence of the Lenten season.Create a Lenten Prayer SpaceCreate or modify a Lenten prayer space in the room. Cover a table with purple cloth and place symbolic items on the table. Include items such as a candle, a bowl of ashes, a cross or crucifi x, a Bible, a basket for food collection, and a monetary collection component such as a rice bowl. Include Lenten prayer cards for children to write down their Lenten practices (see the Weekly Lenten Challenge ideas below). Open the Bible to the Gospel for the coming Sunday and mark the beginning and end of the reading. Invite the children to use the prayer space at certain times throughout the day. 10 Inspire!Winter 2020'