Lent

By
Robert Heath

Lent is a catholic period of tie in which you should examine your life. you should focus on giving to become closer to god. 40 days is how long lent lasts. 40 days is an extremely important number in the bible. Jesus overcame many temptation during the time period of 40 days and 40 nights.

Ways to participate in lent

Give something up that is extremely important to you
Evaluate yourself and what kind of person you are
You could fast from certain unneeded foods such as candy and meat

The three pillars of lent

Prayer
Prayer is very valuable and important in every Catholics life. Praying helps you get closer to god and is even more important during the Lenten period.

Fasting is the hugest most important part of lent. It brings us closer to god and causes us a little bit of suffering, Jesus had suffered so much for all of us

Alms giving
Almsgiving is linked to our baptismal commitment. We were made to respect eachother and follow gods path and in lent it's time for almsgiving.