Entering the season of Lent: Unceasing repentance
A story is told about a preacher who wanted to stress the importance of fasting and abstinence during Lenten Season. Seeing that many in his congregation were well-fed, even overfed, he started his homily by saying, “Remember, our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, not cathedrals or basilicas!” In few days, we are going to start a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and abstinence. This period is called Lent in our catholic Church. It will start on Wednesday, which is known as Ash Wednesday. The latter reminds us of the themes of death ( Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return ) and penance. From Ash Wednesday, we will be journeying in Lenten season until its culmination on Easter. With their foreheads marked with an ash cross, which represents mortality and penance for their sins, Catholics embark on the season of Lent. It is a long season that enables us to purify our Christian life. Every year, our mother Church proposes us this special moment, so that...