Lent

Lent is the season of forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that prepares the Church for Easter. Recalling Jesus' forty days in the wilderness, it is a time of repentance and renewal, of turning back to God with the whole heart. The season invites us to die to sin so that we may rise with Christ.

• Role: Season of penance before Easter
• Key Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11, Joel 2:12-13, 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

Go deeper in My Daily Bread

Read Lent's full story, the people and places connected to it, and how it speaks into today's readings.