It was just a year ago and here we are celebrating Lenten season again.Lenten is the time of preparation for Easter, the greatest feast of the Church. During Lent, we are asked to focus on changing our lives through prayer, fasting, and alms giving. It is also the time when the catechumens, with the prayerful of the parish community, complete their final preparation for the sacraments of initiation. The Lenten Season lasts for 40 days, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending at noon of Holy Thursday.
The Holy Week, which extends from Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)until Holy Saturday, includes the last days of Lent and the first days the Easter Triduum. The week begins with Palm Sunday, which recalls the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. At the Chrism Mass on the morning of Holy Thursday the bishop of its diocese, concelebrating with these priest, blesses the sacred oil that will be used for the celebration sacraments during the coming year.
The liturgical color during Lent is violet, which symbolizes the efforts for penance and reflection.
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