Lent is the season when Christians have historically prepared their hearts for Easter with reflection, repentance, and prayer.

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and proceeds for forty days, culminating in Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Since Sundays are weekly celebrations of the resurrection of Jesus, the six Sundays in Lent are not counted as part of the forty-day season.

Many Christians choose to fast throughout the season of Lent, but the focus is not so much on depriving themselves of something as it is on devoting themselves to God and his purposes in the world.

Lent is an important season of the church year that directs our attention toward human sin and God’s gracious solution.