To live the Medz Bahk mindfully means the following:

To make prayer, both alone and collectively, the axis of our lives – People need to preserve in trying to cleanse themselves spiritually and come closer to God.  The path for approaching God is prayer, from the depths of the heart, in which one speaks to God, expressing thanks, and glorifying Him for the life and all kinds of goodness He has granted.  One must understand their value and live appropriately.  In prayer, one must open his heart to God from its very depths.

To observe abstinence, in the sense of self-denial – Abstinence, which is essentially a religious, moral, and spiritual concept, cannot be comprehended as something to do with foods or eating.  Its origin or presence in church life cannot be explained by concerns about nutrition.

In its correct and profound meaning, abstinence is an act in which man leads himself willingly into denying himself sensual and material pleasures, and lavishness.

Just as physicians sometimes prescribe restrictions on certain foods and physical activity in order to enable the restoration of physical health, so too, spiritual doctors, that is, the heads of the church, vartabeds, prescribe abstinence so that the faithful will be able, through prayer and self-denial, to restore spiritual health.

To perform good works by offering services – Often, in sharing the pain being suffered by others, people not only do good to those other by lessening their pain, they also do good to themselves.  Specifically, the faithful would do well during Lent to try to:
– bring comfort to a sick person,
– give aid to a poor person,
– provide support to an incapacitated, elderly person,
– assist as a volunteer in a benevolent or cultural institution.