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| | THE GREAT LENT - A Week by Week Meaning |
 | | Lent is the period of time for self-examination by the believer; of putting on the spiritual armor of the Militant Church; of applying the riches of prayers and almsgiving; of adopting deeply the meaning of repentance; of atonement and reconciliation with God Almighty. | | | Great Lent is like a "workshop" where the character of the faithful is spiritually uplifted and strengthened; where his life is rededicated to the principles and ideals of the Gospel; where the faith culminates in deep conviction of life; where apathy and disinterest turn into vigorous activities of faith and good works. | | | As such, Great Lent is the sacred Institute of the Church to serve the individual believer in participating as a member of the Mystical Body of Christ, and, from time to time, to improve the standards of faith and morals in his Christian life. |
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| | LENT - The 40 days of Weeping for Tammuz |
| | Note that Lent is a moveable observance, connected to and preceding the festival of Easter. | | | So according to Catholics, Lent is derived from the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness, but it is admitted that the observance of Lent was unknown to the disciples and it did not find its way into the church until several centuries after the time of Christ. | | | The entire period of Lent is also a time of spiritual preparation for the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. |
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Lent |
| | The Christian churches that observe Lent in the 21st century (and not all do significantly) use it as a time for prayer and penance. | | | Purple is the symbolic colour used in some churches throughout Lent, for drapes and altar frontals. | | | Eastern churches start Lent on the Monday of the 7th week before Easter and end it on the Friday 9 days before Easter. |
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| | The Liturgical Year |
| | Lent is the time of preparation for Easter, the greatest feast of the Church. | | | At the chrism Mass on the morning of Holy Thursday the bishop of each diocese, concelebrating with the priests from the diocese, blesses the oils and consecrates the chrism that will be used for the celebration of the sacraments during the coming year. | | | From the time of the early Church, the forty days of Lent are counted from the First Sunday of Lent until Holy Thursday. |
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| | Lent: All About Lent |
| | Lent is a time of extra intense spiritual house cleaning, where the focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving becomes the most important and supersedes all else. | | | Lent, which comes from the Teutonic word for springtime, can be viewed as a spiritual spring cleaning: a time for taking spiritual inventory and then cleaning out those things which hinder our corporate and personal relationships with Jesus Christ and our service to him. | | | Lent is the 40 day period of fasting leading up to the feast of Easter, recalling Jesus' 40-day fast in the wilderness. |
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| | The Season of Lent |
| | Originally, Lent was the time of preparation for those who were to be baptized, a time of concentrated study and prayer before their baptism at the Easter Vigil, the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord early on Easter Sunday. | | | The season of Lent has not been well observed in much of evangelical Christianity, largely because it was associated with "high church" liturgical worship that some churches were eager to reject. | | | However, much of the background of evangelical Christianity, for example the heritage of John Wesley, was very "high church." Many of the churches that had originally rejected more formal and deliberate liturgy are now recovering aspects of a larger Christian tradition as a means to refocus on spirituality in a culture that is increasingly secular. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Lent |
| | Among many Christians today, Lent is a time for doing penance by praying, studying the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, refraining from sin, and giving time or money to charities. | | | In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lenten season before Easter is generally called Great Lent because it is the most important of the four Lenten seasons observed by Orthodox Christians. | | | Fasting practices vary widely among other Christian denominations and between individuals. |
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| | COMMENTARY: Lent Is A Journey Of Expectation |
| | The initial Scripture for Lent is the temptation of Jesus in the desert. | | | The custom of anointing with ashes at the beginning of Lent is a long-standing practice in the church. | | | In the second half of Lent we read from the Gospel of John. |
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| | LENT |
| | This Fourth Sunday of Lent, in particular, is named for this joy as "Laetare Sunday." The priest and deacons wear rose vestments, flowers may be used to decorate the altar and organ accompanies the hymns of the liturgy. | | | At other seasons of the year there are ordinarily feasts of saints celebrated during the week; during Lent, it is the Proper of the season, devoted entirely to the mysteries of Christ, which should dominate the interest of the faithful. | | | In this season of Lent, let us put off all those things which are not of Christ, so that we may more and more put on His glory and share in God's own peace and joy. |
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| | Lent - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Lent |
| | In Christianity, Lent is a time of penance, prayer, preparation for or recollection of baptism, and preparation for the celebration of Easter Easter [A.S. Eastre, name of a spring goddess], chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. | | | The Christian observance of Lent may have a parallel in the fasting practiced in Greco-Roman mystery religions, in which it was considered an aid to enlightenment and often preceeded prophecy. | | | Lent may also have a parallel in the Jewish Omer, the interval between Passover Passover, in Judaism, one of the most important and elaborate of religious festivals. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Lent
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| | Another View of What Lent Means |
| | The 40 days are reckoned from the First Sunday in Lent to sundown on Holy Thursday, probably because the First Sunday in Lent is the first day in Lent where we all gather together (Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation). | | | The observation of Lent begins on the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday (the first day we are sure to gather together), and ends at sundown, Holy Thursday, although the season starts on Ash Wednesday. | | | This definition is Catholic, and other churches may have their own rules and definitions. |
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| | Lent- Bulletin Insert from Ministry & Liturgy March 2002 |
| | For the faithful, Lent is a time of penitential practices and spiritual discipline. | | | The main reason Lent is important is that Easter is our most important feast. | | | For the elect, those preparing for baptism, Lent is a time of intense spiritual preparation. |
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| | Lent |
| | For Christians, Lent is a 40-day penitential period of prayer and fasting that precedes Easter. | | | In the Eastern churches, where both Saturdays and Sundays are regarded as festival days, the period of Lent is the eight weeks before Easter; in the Western churches, where only Sunday is regarded as a festival, the 40-day period begins on Ash Wednesday and extends, with the omission of Sundays, to the day before Easter. | | | Christians seek a change of heart during Lent in their relationship to God. |
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| | Lent |
| | Since Lent is a season of penitence, reflection, and prayer, worship during this time is solemn and restrained. | | | During Lent, Christians meditate with awe and thanksgiving on the great paschal mystery -- the salvation God won for us sinners by the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. | | | The duration of the season of Lent is derives from the ancient church custom of requiring catechumens to undergo a forty-day period of fasting and doctrinal instruction before being baptized on the evening before Easter. |
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| | The Season of Lent |
| | Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. | | | In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent officially ends at sundown on 13 April (Holy Thursday), with the beginning of the mass of the Lord’s Supper. | | | The Great Lent is followed by Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, which are feast days, then the Lenten fast resumes on Monday of Holy Week. |
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| | Lent A5 |
| | The Billabong, Lent 5, by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia: Hymn suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms. | | | Lectionary Hymns, Lent 5, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. | | | Bible Study - Lent 5 - verse by verse Roman Catholic lectionary commentary at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Picayune, MS. |
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| | Lent and Easter |
| | The observance of fasting or other forms of self-denial during Lent varies within Protestant and Anglican churches. | | | Easter is the day when we celebrate Christ's resurrection. | | | Many religious leaders today emphasize Lent within the larger context of the 90 days of Lent-Easter-Pentecost. |
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| | King of Peace - Keeping a Holy Lent |
| | Some things added during Lent are daily Bible reading, fasting on Fridays, times of prayer, taking a course of study related in some way to spirituality. | | | You may also be interested in Preparing for Easter's Joy, a newspaper religion column on Lent. | | | Throughout Lent, the worship services of the church take on a simpler tone, appropriate to this season. |
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| | FREEDOMYOU LENT |
| | Lent is observed in a handful of Protestant denominations, namely Anglicans and Episcopalians, but the majority who practice Lent are Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Churches. | | | The idea of Lent is a period of time set aside for penitence, self-examination and spiritual renewal, preparing the heart for the ensuing great feast on Easter Sunday. | | | During this time the participants are asked to give up an earthly pleasure as a sacrifice and penance to God. |
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| | Lent Is Old English for Spring (This Rock: April 2001) |
| | This means Lent ends at the beginning of the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday. | | | Some people customarily allow themselves on Sunday to have things they have voluntarily given up for Lent, but since these forms of self-denial were voluntarily assumed anyway, a person is not under an obligation to practice them on Sunday (or any other specific day of the week). | | | By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert" (CCC 540). |
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| | History of Lent |
| | However, the actual practices and duration of Lent were still not homogenous throughout the Church. | | | One can safely conclude that by the end of the fourth century, the 40-day period of Easter preparation known as Lent existed, and that prayer and fasting constituted its primary spiritual exercises. | | | It is by means of them that the Church prepares the faithful for the celebration of Easter, while they hear God |
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| | What is Lent; St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, Virginia |
| | The word “Lent” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten, or spring, the time of year when the days begin to lengthen. | | | We are creating a welcoming, accepting Christian community in central Arlington, Virginia, where people can find unity in God and one another in Christ. | | | On this first Sunday in Lent, the readings focus on turning away from evil. |
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| | Lent |
| | Even some churches of Christ are adopting the Catholic calendar and celebrating Easter Sunday as if the apostles did, just to keep up and fit in with the denomination of man. Let us be penitent and faithful every day and uphold the scriptures instead. | | | Most Protestant churches now observe the Catholic tradition of Easter and more are beginning to mark Lent as well, and for no other reason, than the worldly appearance of religiousness. | | | Lent is constructed in order to lead up to the celebration of Good Friday, Christ's crucifixion, and Easter Sunday, his resurrection |
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| | What is the meaning of Lent? |
| | and Lent began as a way for Catholics to remind themselves to repent of their sins in a similar manner to how people in the Old Testament repented in sackcloth, ashes, and fasting (Esther 4:1-3; Jeremiah 6:26; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 11:21). | | | Many Catholics understand giving something up for Lent as a way to gain blessing from God. | | | The Bible does not teach that such acts have any merit with God (Isaiah 64:6). |
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| | Lenten Links and Resources |
| | Searching for God: Reflections for the Six Weeks of Lent, at explorefaith.org. | | | "Connecting Worship and Daily Living in Lent," United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. | | | "Keeping a Holy Lent," downloadable booklet from King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia. |
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| | Lent |
| | Lent is a forty-day season of preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter | | | At the Feast of the Passover, all Jews give thanks for their freedom from the captivity of the Egyptians. | | | Christians always celebrate Sunday as the day Jesus rose from the dead, so it is never a day of fasting. |
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| | Resources for Great Lent |
| | Lent is a wonderful time to help young people learn more about their faith by gathering regularly and doing activities related to the particular Sunday in Great Lent. | | | Includes a week by week description of the Great Lent, the Institute of Lent, the origin of fasting, the further development of fasting, the meaning of the feast days of Lent, the four preparatory weeks Before Lent, the seven Sundays of the Great Lent, and the significance of Lent. | | | A lengthy and comprehensive historical perspective on how the Passion and Resurrection of Christ has become the celebration as we know it today in the Greek Orthodox Church. |
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| | How to Observe Lent - eHow.com |
| | Giving up something for Lent is primarily a Catholic custom, but even if you're not a devotee of any formal religion, the voluntary surrender of a cherished substance or pastime can have powerful spiritual and psychological benefits. | | | Follow the tradition of Lent by fasting, done in honor of Christ's own 40-day fast in the desert. | | | Spend the Lent season in prayer, reflection and repentance. |
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| | Howstuffworks "How Easter Works" |
| | This practice fell into disuse during the eighth, ninth and 10th centuries, when the beginning of Lent was symbolized by placing ashes on the heads of the entire congregation. | | | The ashes are usually made from the previous year's blessed palm fronds from Palm Sunday, and are usually wet with holy water before being used. | | | (*Because they are celebratory days -- honoring the Resurrection, the six Sundays that occur during the period of Lent do not count as part of the 40-day observance.) |
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| | ELCA : Worship : Lent |
| | The index for worship planning (Year A) assists planners in using hymns from Congregational Song (volume 1 in the series of Renewing Worship trial-use resources) and New Hymns and Songs (volume 5) during Lent. | | | Reformed Church in America: Materials for Lent, Easter, and Pentecost | | | Worship > About Worship > The Church Year > Lent |
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| | Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter |
| | Today Lent and Easter are times for hearing the "Good News" once more and celebrating the sacraments that are signs of the power of Christ's death and resurrection. | | | Easter celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth," powerful in word and deed", who was seized and crucified by his enemies during the Passover feast in Jerusalem. | | | by Victor Hoagland, C.P. These pages, with reflections and prayers inspired by some of the principal gospels and celebrations of Easter and Lent, may be a helpful companion during these holy seasons of faith. |
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Message for Lent 2005 |
| | During Lent, a spiritual journey is outlined for us that prepares us to relive the Great Mystery of the Death and Resurrection of Christ. | | | Dear brothers and sisters, during Lent, aided by the Word of God, let us reflect upon how important it is that each community accompany with loving understanding those who grow old. | | | Each year, the Lenten Season is set before us as a good opportunity for the intensification of prayer and penance, opening hearts to the docile welcoming of the divine will. |
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| | LENT |
| | He said fasting during lent was an opportunity to express a deeper faith that would sustain you. | | | And Easter, the Christian celebration of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, has as its forerunner, Lent. | | | The first day of the Lenten fast, the Day of Ashes, is sacred to Roman Catholic and Anglicans and symbolizes the need to be penitent during Lent. |
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| | Celebrating Jesus' Resurrection |
| | In the early church, Lent was a special time when new converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism on Easter. | | | Traditionally they were also a symbol of Easter joy because they were a forbidden item during Lent. | | | Traditionally, especially in Europe, there were no weddings, no dancing, and no singing during Lent. |
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| | Times & Seasons » Lent |
| | For me, the Christian calendar, in which the year is ordered around Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and All Saints’ Day is a moving and wonderful way to, as Russell put it, “get off the clock,” to recognize in the rhythm of days and weeks that which is holy. | | | It is very interesting to be at a Divinity School on Lent because so many people have the tell-tale ashes on their forehead. | | | At Christmastime, there was some conversation about the virtues of non-Mormon worship, including the observance of the Christian calendar. |
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| | The Season of Lent -- What is Lent? |
| | However, just to confuse things, Lent is actually 46 days rather than 40 days. | | | In every case, it is a time for serious, disciplined self-examination, a time spent in intensive prayer and repentance before the cross of Calvary. | | | The highlight of the year for Christians is Easter, the day when our Lord rose from the dead. |
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| | Domestic-Church.Com: Fridge Art: Exploring Lent |
| | The forty days of Lent follow Jesus' forty days of fasting while in the desert. | | | A Journey with Jesus; Family Prayers for Lent by Gwen Costello, Twenty-Third Publication. | | | During his stay in the wilderness, Jesus is tempted by the devil three times: each time Jesus, though weary with hunger, rejects the devil's false promises. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lent |
| | From what has been said it will be clear that in the early Middle Ages Lent throughout the greater part of the Western Church consisted of forty weekdays, which were all fast days, and six Sundays. | | | Hence none in course of time came to be regarded as beginning at midday, and this point of view is perpetuated in our word noon which means midday and not three o'clock in the afternoon. | | | Athanasius's "Festal Letters" show us to have obtained in Alexandria, namely, the six weeks of Lent were only preparatory to a fast of exceptional severity maintained during Holy Week. |
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| | GREAT LENT, HOLY WEEK, AND PASCHA IN THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH |
| | On the Second Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Holy Father Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, the Wonderworker. | | | A collection of books focusing on spirtuality, worship, sayings of the Holy Fathers, lives of the saints, and more. | | | Pavlos Koumarianos, Ph.D. This week, we began the journey of Prayer of the most beautiful period of the Liturgical year: Great Lent... |
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| | tim keel's blog: The Lenten Journey Begins |
| | It may be that in some countries or cultures they need reminders to celebrate and reflect on God's bounty made manifest in Christ at Christmas, but in West I believe we do better to mark Lent as our particular season - a season of humility and penitence and limitations. | | | Not for the sake of another journey to fill our already overflowing chest of experiential treasures, but for the sake of Christ alone do we step onto this road. | | | How can I rejoice fully in your Resurrection when I have avoided participating in your death? |
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| | -- Beliefnet.com |
| | The liturgy is an instruction in the mystical meaning of Lent as preparation for the Holy Week celebration of the mystery of redemption. | | | If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation. | | | And, if people are already practicing contemplative prayer, how can they deepen their practice? |
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| | Resources for Orthodox Great Lent |
| | The great Hymn of St Romanos the Melodist on the raising of Lazarus—one of the most moving reflections upon Christ's gift of new life to His friend and to all the faithful, by tending to the 'tears of Mary and Martha'. | | | Reflections on the Gospel reading of the Publican and Pharisee and its application to the spiritual journey leading into Lent. | | | 'All to no purpose have I left my true home' - A reflection upon the hymongraphy and meaning of the Sunday of the Prodigal Son as an entrance into Great Lent. |
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| | Catholic Pages Directory: » Seasonal » LENT |
| | Lent: 40 Days with Jesus Catholic Answers Live interview with Helen Hull Hitchcock, foundress of Women for Faith and Family (requires RealPlayer) | | | Lenten Cross A Lenten Reading Series for Families to bring the family through Lent following the prophecies and teachings of the Old and New Testament. | | | Hymn for Palm Sunday A hymn composed by Theodulf, Bishop of Orleans, when prisoner at Angers, by order of Louis the Good. |
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| | Catholic Online - Lent |
| | In our heavily secularized world, a ‘gradual secularization of salvation' has taken place, so that people strive for the good of man, but man who is truncated
We know, however, that Jesus came to bring integral salvation” (Redemptoris Missio, 11). | | | It is this integral salvation that Lent puts before us, pointing towards the victory of Christ over every evil that oppresses us. | | | Catholic Online > Lent > Welcome to Lent |
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