The season of Lent has forty days, beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding on Holy Thursday, the beginning of the Easter Triduum. The number forty is a biblical number that stands for a preparation of something life changing. During Lent, our main focus is to grow closer to God and we pry every day, in preparation for Easter, the Resurrection and the death of Jesus Christ. The 40 days of the Lenten season is a reminder of our journey through life and death, from death to new life.
Lent gives us an important opportunities to get rid of our old, selfish ways of life and turn to a new, cleansing life, back to God. As baptized Christians, we are already living the Christian way of life, our decision to let old ways die out and to follow Jesus Christ, our Savior, is one we can make over and over again as each Lenten year comes around the corner.
