Today officially begins the liturgical season of lent. This is a forty day season of preparation and repentance that precedes the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and God, Jesus Christ. Before we feast though, we are called to fast and before we celebrate newness of life and the power of God, we are called to let go, surrender and remember the humility of our Lord. This season of Lent I am going to attempt to enter into this walk of letting go, surrendering and remembering; I have been giving this a bit of thought and am ready for it to begin.

As I mentioned - I am going to be using Christine Sine’s Lenten Guide titled, A Journey Into Wholeness and I will be sharing some of how that is enhancing and informing my observance of Lent. I also will be:

Praying the Hours using - Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours (Prayers for Springtime)
Praying The Litany from An English Prayer Book - each Saturday Evening

And praying this daily as my lenten prayer:

I beseech You, Jesus, Loving Saviour to show Yourself to all who seek You, so that we may know You and love You.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit our All in All, Amen. (From A Celtic Primer compiled by Brendan O’Malley)

To lent,
To less,
To laying down,
To letting go!
Unto the Lord.

Other Participants in the Christine Sine’s Lenten Synchroblog:

Julie Clawson
Rev Cheryl A Durham
Henriet Schapelhouman
Rebecca Gagne
Leena Prindle
Steve Lewis
Carol Collins
Tim
Michele Morgan
Barbara
Gilbert Purtee
Monica Paper-Bridges
Traci
Steve Fouch
Carolynn
Lyla Lindquist
Todd Hiestand
Joel Daniel
lfbatista
Joan Ball
Banu Moore
A J
Randy Siever
Mak
Maria
Bethany
Rose Swetman
Eric
Taeler Morgan
Thomas Turner
Chris Olson
JR Woodward
Tom Grosh
Karen B.
Kathy Escobar
John Chandler