Why practice Lent?
Lent is a time of year for us to recenter, to focus on what matters in life. The coming of Lent reminds us that we live short lives that are full of too many distractions. We are afraid to say "no" for fear of disappointment or disapproval or putting ourselves at risk. But Lent is revolutionary because Lent is promotes the holy "no", a "no" that allows us to be finite, fallible humans in search of deeper meaning. Society (and the powers and principalities of darkness) do not