Lent is the Catholic liturgical season that consists of forty days of fasting, prayer, and repentance, beginning at Ash Wednesday and concluding at sundown on Holy Thursday. Lent is a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the coming of our Lord in prayer, serve by almsgiving, and practice self-control through fasting.
Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lent are well underway. During this Lenten season, let
us focus on this as an opportunity to make changes to our daily lives and become closer to God. During this journey, we may want to ask ourselves: Am I doing my best to live as a Disciple of Jesus Christ or do I need to change my routine a bit with extra prayer, fasting and sharing my blessings with others. It is from this type of self-reflection that we can draw our so-called “Lenten practices.” After all, the ultimate goal of our spiritual life is to become more like Jesus; reaching out to help others. Lent affords us the time for a renewal process. Our main focus is to prepare ourselves for the holiest day of the year, Easter. As a school community we are focusing on being gifts to each other and to have a better understanding of what Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving is.
Turning the page on the calendar from March to April brings about a sense of freshness and hope for the months to come. Just as the Resurrection brings us a path to follow in hope, the days of spring also lead us to a path of warmth and sunshine. The chugging along that took place in the winter months and the stillness of Lent seems to be changing to leaps of joy as we move forward in the Easter season.
May our hearts be filled with the Resurrection celebration and the hope of all that is to come in our families, our school, our community, and in our world.
I pray that Lent brings you and your family great peace as we await the Feast of Easter
Blessings,
Mrs. Longden
