I invite you to pray this prayer with me as we step into Lent: I am indebted to Chaplain Nancy Waite and Evanston Northwestern Hospital for their mentorship. This prayer draws from the Ash Wednesday chapel service in my chaplain days. Christians in the early church were sprinkled with ashes during Lent however, it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that the church began the Ash Wednesday practice of marking foreheads.ĭownload your FREE copy of our 40-Day Lent and Easter Devotional - filled with daily Scriptures, reflections, and prayers for the Lent season. The ashes for Ash Wednesday are typically provided by burning the palms from Palm Sunday of the year prior. Why do people give up something for Lent?ĭuring Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy – like cookies, candy or alcohol – or something they feel like they should stop – like watching TV or social media.While Ash Wednesday isn’t mentioned in the Bible, Scripture does testify to the practice of repenting in dust and ashes.
Some churches say it ends on the night of Holy Thursday (April 6, 2023), Good Friday (April 7, 2023), Holy Saturday (April 8, 2023) or Easter. Typically, Lent is celebrated during the entire 46 day period, with 40 days of fasting and six Sundays, when fasting is not practiced. "It is encouraged for (worshipers) to both root out the things that prevent them from making sort of a wholehearted, unreserved commitment to Christ, and cultivate and develop those things in their life that do help them do that," Johnston said. Johnston calls Lent a "period of purification and enlightenment." The six-week period is meant to be celebrated with self-sacrifice, prayer and other religious activities leading up to Easter, the day believed to be when Jesus Christ rose from the dead to sit at the right hand of God.
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