Sep 21, 2003 · Lent is the joy of insight, or understanding, the joy which accompanies self-reflection and awareness-—wisdom’s precious advent. Lent isn’t bombastic; it’s a time when mysteries stabilize into greater faith; a season where the crooked lines collect into symmetry.

Feb 28, 2018 · To most of us, Lent seems as far from joy as the cross is from resurrection. But in an important sense, Lent is about joy. The flow of the liturgical drama culminating on Easter Sunday leads many of us to defer all talk of joy for that most joyous of church feasts, Easter.

Mar 24, 2025 · Psalm 126 reminds us that joy arises at the intersection of memory and hope. Explore longing, gratitude, and renewal in Lent.

Mar 18, 2025 · Lent helps us to focus more intensely on conversion, taking off the old self and putting on Christ. The two essential elements of Lent consist of preparing for or reflecting on Baptism, and on Penance, both individual and social.

Feb 25, 2025 · Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter, (excluding Sundays) that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. The 40 days of Lent …

Mar 4, 2021 · This joy will certainly culminate on Easter Sunday, but we can — in fact, we must — begin to live it now. How will our Lenten penances be fruitful if we do them apart from Christ? And what causes joy if not being with the One we love?

Feb 27, 2025 · Want to make Lent more than just giving something up? Discover the true spiritual meaning of Lent, its biblical roots, and practical ways to grow in faith through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Make these 40 days transformative!

Jan 20, 2025 · Basically, you don't get the joy of Easter without the self-sacrifice of Lent. If we are disciples of Jesus, we must follow in His footsteps...including the bloody ones. Here's a rundown of everything major you need to know about the Lenten season, the 40+ days of penance to prepare our hearts Easter, the greatest of all Christian feasts.

Lent is a season of preparation for Easter, mirroring Jesus’ forty days in the desert and also anticipating his passion, death, and triumphant resurrection: “By the solemn forty days of Lent …

Mar 4, 2025 · Contrary to what many think or feel, Lent is a time of joy. It is a time when we come back to life. It is a time when we shake off what is bad and dead in us in order to become able to live, to live with all the vastness, all the depth, and all the intensity to which we are called.