Lent is the forty day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday). [This traditional ennumeration does not precisely coincide with the calendar according to the liturgical reform. In order to give special prominence to the Sacred Triduum (Mass of the Lord's Supper, Good Friday, Easter Vigil) the current calendar counts Lent as only from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday, up to the Mass of the Lord's Supper. Even so, Lenten practices are properly maintained up to the Easter Vigil, excluding Sundays, as before.]Read a good primer on Lent here.
Most people usually make New Year resolutions but this year I want to change the pace and formulate some "Lenten Resolutions" as follows:
1. I resolve to be more of a disciple, to listen more and talk less. That may mean that I may write less, or more about spiritual subjects and my Lenten journey and less on controversies or news commentary.What this means for blogging is that I will emphasize spiritual issues, meditations, and reflections on the blog. I may also reduce the output to no less than two and no more than three posts a week and none on Sundays, and none on Holy Week until Pascha (Easter). I will react, of course, to particularly newsworthy events, but my general thrust will be to refrain from covering current Church, national, and international news and other secondary issues until Bright Week (the week after Easter).
2. I resolve to pray more, particularly more of the prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours.
3. I resolve to read more of Holy Scripture and to cultivate Lectio Divina.
4. I will spend more time praying before the Blessed Sacrament.
5. I resolve to fast prudently.
6. I resolve to simplify my lifestyle more.
I wish you all a blessed Lenten Season in view to a glorious Pascha.
P.S., The Church had observed Lent well before the Muslims arrive to observe Ramadan. If anything, Ramadan is "the Muslim Lent."
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