Today marks the start of the Lenten season.
Being a person who hasn't observed the usual fasting and prayer lent entails, I feel that what is more important during this season of penance and repentance is not what we do, but the reason why we do. In my opinion, lent has lost its true meaning because most people make sacrifices only because it is the season to do so. It is true that people do indeed pray and ask for contrition, however, as soon as lent is over, most return to their old ways shy from the silent retrospection and spiritual reflection in lenten solitude. Lent is a reminder; a beacon to guide the lost in the stormy seas of life.
In this era of technology, we are called to live simply, so that others can simply live.
Our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and remind us the life passes here on Earth. Everything came from dust, and everything will return to dust.
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