This not an attempt to have a fabulous Page but to keep the liturgical colors alive as best a man can. Our color this season is purple, although i know i'll catch flack from the ladies, especially my wife, whom i love so much, will tell me that it is some other kind of "magenta"or pink, But i am not an expert in color neither will i pretend to be. This post is about lent or the fact that i am anxiously awaiting the Lenten, with self-examination, study, fasting, and prayer.
Lent is the great sackcloth and ashes session of the year. It is the "turning around" or reorientation of our lives towards God. Both as individuals and as a community, we look inward and reflect on our readiness to follow Jesus in his journey towards the cross. The forty days of Lent correspond to the forty-day temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and the forty-year journey of Israel from slavery to a new community.