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Lent offers time for reflection Lent is the Rev. Scott Kaufman's favorite time of year. The 40-day season that leads to Easter, beginning Wednesday with Ash Wednesday, offers the faithful a refreshing time of reflection and prayer, according to the pastor of Faith Community United Church of Christ in Maumee. Shrove Tuesday and Lent Meditation Lent, beginning with Shrove Tuesday, is an opportunity to get into the daily habit of meditation and prayer. Lent 2012: Lenten Fast Begins On Ash Wednesday With Prayers, Poems, Reflections Prepares For Easter The 40 days of Lent that lead to Easter are the most sacred and spiritually powerful in the Christian calendar. From the Ash Wednesday reminder to 'remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,' to the the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, to the joyful Easter song of 'Christ the Lord Is Risen Today' -- Lent is a time when Christians are invited to examine our faith, and deepen ... Churches celebrate Lent in a multitude of ways It might be hard to believe, but Lent will begin in five days on Ash Wednesday. For Christians, Lent is a time of inward spiritual reflection, prayer and fasting. Some make resolutions to give up a bad habit or take on a good one. Hamtramck paczki hail the arrival of Fat Tuesday, Lent The U.P. has pasties, Frankenmuth has chicken and Traverse City has cherries, but in Hamtramck it's deep-fried Polish love known as paczki. As sure as swallows return to Capistrano and lawyers to the BP oil spill, these glazed gut bombs (call 'em POONCH-key) have returned to "Hamtown" for Fat Tuesday ahead of the Lenten season. Legaspi: Lent or Lend? A FEW days ago, I was walking at the Main lobby of the university and I accidentally met Fr. Alejandro Colmiero and he gave me a transcript of the Pope's message for this lent season. I was looking for it for a long time in the net but here he was from nowhere and gave me a copy. Fasting could help fight Alzheimers, Parkinsons Days before many Christians will take up fasting for Lent, researchers announced that the practice of fasting from food during some days and feasting during others has been shown to benefit the brain. The study, conducted at the National Institute on Aging and reported in the Guardian, found fasting protects against Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases by boosting certain ... What is Lent? The term "Lent," a shortened version of "Lenten," derives from an Old English term, "lencten," which means, "spring" and that is related to a Germanic term for "lengthen" — all references to the lengthening of days during this season. Lent challenge to demonstrate generosity Stewardship is inviting Christians to do their bit in changing the world this Lent This year, Lent gets fishy, fast Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on Feb. 22 and runs until Easter Sunday on April 8. It signals to restaurants the big rush to eat seafood.
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