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Lent. Grade 6 Chapter 20. The season of Lent is a period of preparation for Easter. We focus on Baptism, through which we die with Christ and rise to new life with Him. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday evening.
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Lent Grade 6 Chapter 20
The season of Lent is a period of preparation for Easter. • We focus on Baptism, through which we die with Christ and rise to new life with Him. • The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday evening.
During Lent we are called to practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. • We spend extra time in conversation with God, especially in the Stations of the Cross and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. • Fasting is a form of penance in which we give up things we enjoy. • Almsgiving comes from the Greek word meaning compassion, in which we pay attention to the needs of others.
Lent is also a time to travel towards the happiness of living forever with God. • We follow in the footsteps of Jesus, especially in the Stations of the Cross. • In the fourteen Stations of the Cross we journey on His path from death to resurrection. In this prayer we make a pilgrimage to each stopping point, meditating on how He redeemed each of us by His holy cross.
During Lent we try to develop good spiritual habits. • Through daily prayer, examination of conscience, Bible reading, and participation in the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist we can make Lent a time of drawing closer to Jesus Christ.