We hope you can join us for special fellowship and worship opportunities at Grace for Lent. See the attached poster below.
The season of Lent seems to have developed as a
time for catechumens to prepare for the serious step of their Easter baptism.
The season began with a call to those who had lapsed to return to the faith and
to do so with the ashes of penitence. The days before baptism included fasting
as baptismal candidates pondered the reality of carrying their own crosses. The
historic Gospel for the First Sunday in Lent recounts the Lord’s
defeat of the devil’s temptations and provides both power and pattern for the
Christian’s struggle with Satan. The rest of the Lenten gospels follow that
pattern as they show Jesus in conflict with his foes. The Sundays in Lent
remain “little Easters," but the mood of the season is somber and
serious as the color purple and its repentance motif reflect the church’s worship.
