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The forty-day journey of Lent leads to Calvary on Good Friday, and from there to the resurrection. It is a journey towards Easter, but it brings us first to the cross. It is a difficult journey on which, like Jesus and with Jesus, we will be put to the test.

From the time of the early church, Lent had three foci: (1) the final, intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil, (2) a period leading to restoration for those alienated from the church, the Christian community, (3) a time of preparation for all the faithful leading up to the annual celebration of the paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ.

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday.

Be, my protector, O God, A mighty stronghold to save me. For you are my rock, my stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for the sake of your name. - Psalm 31: 3-4 God’s invitation to the mass today recalls King David: a man after God’s own heart

Scholastica, the first Benedictine nun, lived between 480 and 543. A native of Norcia, in the province of Perugia, Italy, she was a disciple of her brother, St. Benedict, who encouraged her in perfection of holiness, in learning the wisdom of the heart.