Wednesday’s Reflection
THE FORTY DAYS OF LENT celebrate the dismembering, disequilibrium, and dying that are preludes to the creative transformation of Eastertide. It is a season of being changed and emptied so that new life might coe to birth in us and resurrection be found in us as well.
. . . The ancient custom of giving up things for forty days is deeply ingrained in the Christian psyche. Roman Catholics still forego little luxuries like sweets or movie-going or more pernicious luxuries like alcohol and tobacco. Eastern Orthodox Christians still observe the ancient food abstinences from meat, fish, eggs, and milk products. Further, Lent is seen as a time of seriousness. Churches of all denominations offer programs of prayer and scripture study. . . . To deepen one’s faith during Lent through study, charitable activity, or contemplative exercise is quite a common practice. . . . Lent is about change: of heart, of perspective, of focus, of the death that precedes new life.
- Wendy M. Wright
The Rising
From page 17 of The Rising: Living the Mysteries of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost by Wendy M. Wright. Copyright © 1994 by Wendy M. Wright. All rights reserved. Used by permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Share a time of change from your spiritual journey? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for those who hunger. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Looking for an online devotional specific to the season of Lent? Check out The Awkward Season.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember John of God ( March 08).
- Lectionary Readings:
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