How do you participate in St. Michael’s Lent? Suggestions include daily recitation of prayers such as the St. Michael’s Prayer, the Litany of St. Michael or others focused on him. (We’ve gather some online.) Give up or add something in an act of penance, such as fasting or adding an extra Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration. Practice works of charity, and attend Mass and confession regularly.
Catholicism has deep roots in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The first diocese in the New World was authorized in Puerto Rico in 1504 but not officially launched due to the opposition of King Ferdinand of Spain, who didn’t want tithes to the diocese to take gold he believed was rightfully the crown’s. Today, between 75 and 85 percent of Puerto Rico’s population identifies as Roman Catholic, and their faith is a rich combination of elements of Spanish, Latin American and West African traditions.