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Nine Ways to Live Your Faith as a Single Person

1. Make time for prayer

• Reflect on the blessings and challenges of being single and the gifts you have to offer.
• Make prayer a part of your daily life.
• Use personal prayer, the Scriptures, journaling, meditation, and the Liturgy of the Hours.
• Schedule a personal or group retreat.
• Plan a pilgrimage to a holy site. Visit area shrines and other historical religious sites.

2. Practice forgiveness

• Learn to forgive and be forgiven.
• Examine your conscience, and practice fasting and sacrifice.
• Celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

3. Celebrate the Eucharist

• Actively participate each Sunday.
• Register with your parish, and if you've already done so, look for ways to get more involved in the liturgy as a lector, eucharistic minister, usher, musician, or choir member.

4. Live a just life

• Work against discrimination, racism, and oppression.
• Treat all people with the dignity they deserve as sons and daughters of God.
• Look for ways to simplify your life and share what you have with others.
• Read about the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
• For great ideas visit “Our Catholic Faith in Action” website (USCCB)
• Follow current events and learn how to take action by subscribing to Catholic Citizenship News.

5. Help the poor

• Look into local service opportunities or other ways your gifts can be used in service to others.
• Gather others together for group service projects. Practice charity by assisting those living in poverty, and promote community-based solutions for injustice and poverty.

6. Be a domestic church

• Take this opportunity to establish some personal traditions around holidays, special feast days, and other celebrations or memorials.
• Offer your home as a place for friendship and hospitality.

7. Share faith

• Talk about God's presence in your life with other people; be an evangelizer.
• Consider getting involved with your parish RCIA program for those learning more about the Catholic faith.
• Look for opportunities to invite others to experience your faith community.

8. Join a small Christian community

• Join a small faith group to receive support to live your faith.
• If one does not exist, form one of your own. Gather regularly for prayer, faith sharing, and community.
• Young Adult Groups
• Separated and Divorced Support Groups

9. Know your faith

• Look for opportunities for adult faith development and education.
• Visit a good bookstore or the Internet for resources on faith and the Church.
• Read the Scriptures.
• Begin a study of saints who lived a single life.