Lent is not about feeling gloomy for forty days; it’s not about making yourself miserable for forty days; it’s not even about giving things up for forty days. Lent is preparing for that great climax which is Easter – new life bursting through death.
And as we prepare ourselves for Easter during these days, by prayer and self-denial, what motivates us and what fills the horizon is not self-denial as an end in itself but trying to sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts, so that the new life really may have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter.
Dr Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury
I am entering the final week of lent and joyfully looking forward to Easter Sunday. I will confess that I haven't been as serious with the prayer and meditation as I wanted to be, however I have certainly learned from my experience of self-denial. I hope to share with you some of my reflections as this week goes by.
Love and blessings to all!
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