CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS

 

Lent, which is additionally alluded to as the Lenten season and Great Lent, is a time to remind us of Jesus Christ’ 40 day trial of fasting and enticement within the wild. The season of Lent may be a forty day long formal season of fasting and supplication before Easter, but in today’s society the address emerges is Lent still characterized this way.

 

According to Wikipedia, Lent, in the Christian tradition, is a period of about six weeks before Easter. It is a time in which Christians are supposed to be quiet and thoughtful, preparing themselves for Easter. They should pray a lot, give money to charities and give up some of the things they might otherwise do for pleasure. The period of Lent ends at Easter, which is a time of great celebration as the Christians think of how Jesus had died on the cross but then rose again from the dead.

 

In going to church, I observed that Sunday is excluded in lent fast since it is a devour of the resurrection of our Lord. In any case, the Gloria and the euphoric “Alleluias!” are not talked amid Lent until Easter season. The formal color of Lent is violet and symbolizes eminence and remorse. To show a state of grieving, on Maundy Thursday the altar is stripped down and on Great Friday the altars and ministers are dressed in black.

 

Lent is around spiritual, this means any fasting we do ought to be done for Gods glory and our spiritual development. The foremost vital thing to keep in mind whereas celebrating Lent is in spite of the fact that the practices may vary for the different groups, the reason for us to celebrate Lent is to repent our sins, to resume our faith and get ready ourselves to blissfully celebrate the mysteries of our salvation.

 

Joel 2:12-14 “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing — grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

 

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