Lenten Inspiration What is Lent? This self-examination and recommitment is also an essential component of the season of Lent, which is soon upon us. Starting with Ash Wednesday, February 6, we are given the gift of a 40 day period specifically set aside for quiet and refl ection, for honest engagement with ourselves and our God, for the practice of humility and spiritual growth. Please join us for this holy season of Lent. Participate in our programs and liturgies and walk with us as we reencounter the greatest story ever told – the story of God’s love for us in all of its wonder, majesty and mystery. Brush up on the basics. Traditional Lenten Regulations: The Book of Common Prayer indicates two days of expected fasting and abstinence from meat – Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. For many Christians, Fridays in Lent have been days of special observance, generally including fasting. Traditionally, fasting has meant that one full meal per day be taken. Two smaller meals have also been allowed to maintain strength. The tradition has also been to refrain from eating meat on Fridays. Remembering Jesus’s death through some form of observance on Fridays is an important aspect of any Lenten spiritual discipline. It is our hope that these Forty Days of Lent might be well used to set our hearts, minds and souls toward “things of importance.” Wilderness: A Traveler's Guide to Lent Get lost in Lent, finding the comfort and the challenge of God's love. Lenten Meditations