Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Those are the traditional terms for three very simple, but also very powerful, actions that are designed to make us ready to accept the healing power of Jesus that comes to us in a special way at Easter.
Through prayer, we humbly and honestly confess our sins -- all the ways that we turn away from God and from our sisters and brothers to pursue our own selfish desires. In prayer, we...
