What Every Christian Should Know About The Season Of Lent

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and continues through for the forty days leading up to Easter (not counting Sundays).

See “What Every Christian Needs To Know About Ash Wednesday

Lent is about preparation.  As the church of Christ, we’re preparing our hearts and minds for Good Friday and Easter, those days that mark Christ’s atonement for our sins and victory over Satan and death.  These days carry a much greater significance when we’ve properly prepared for them and retraced Christ’s journey to the cross.  Lent help us focus on why He had to die — why we needed a saviour.

Church fathers didn’t include Sundays within the forty days of Lent because each Sunday worship gathering is, itself, a celebration of the resurrection — what we call “The Lord’s Day.”  However in practice, churches usually use these weekly corporate gatherings to increase awareness of Lent and to practice repentance and a confession of our shared dependence on Christ.

Song For Lent

Visit the Before The Throne page here for the mp3 and chord sheet of our song of corporate confession, “Lead Us Back”.

Further Resources For Lent

Over the next several Saturdays I’ll share readings for you, whether you’re looking for liturgical readings for your church congregation, personal reflections for your daily devotions, or prayers and scriptures for family worship times.

photo above entitled “Confession” by Sojourn visual artists, as part of the Before The Throne art project.  See this and other pieces of art by Sojourners at sojournvisualarts.com