Tuesday, March 3, 2009

LENT

Lindsey and I for our better health are
giving up sugar until Easter!!
We are doing it for Lent a Catholic Tradition
Wikipedia says:
Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. Conventionally it is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. In many denominations it is observed as a period of fasting and prayer, and this practice was virtually universal in Christendom until the Reformation[1]. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.[2].
The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through
prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
It's going to be so hard but so worth it.
Anyone is invited to join that wants to!

2 comments:

Rob N Heather said...

What a great idea Heidi. How is it going?

BAM Holt said...

Your creativity blows me away. I love your blog...

BTW, I gave up LENT for LENT.

*snort*

Love ya!