Lent Is…
Lent is a time of preparing,
A time for forgiveness and a time for sharing;
A time to give to others and show some caring,
Lent is a direction with just the right bearing.
A forty day period of penitence and fasting,
That should remain in our hearts for a time everlasting.
Although it’s observed from Ash Wednesday to Easter by many churches,
It should affect everyone’s life, for we’re all searchers;
Looking for a purpose in life, a new direction;
And Lent is a way filled with affection,
For it paved the way for Christ’s resurrection.
Lent is a time for feeling sorrow for our misdeeds.
It provides us with a way of fulfilling our needs;
The need to abstain from what is wrong,
And follow in the footsteps of Christ all along.
Author: Father Joe Kutch (1981)