"I invite you therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination an drepentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and mediation on God's holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer."
Repentance means to turn around - it is easy for us to follow things that catch our attention or that seem important and to suddenly realize that we have gone far from the place (or the person) we want to be.
We can use the days of Lent to stop, take a look around us, and decide if we are where and who we want to be and if not to repent, to turn around and to head back to where we really want to be.
"I invite you therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent,"
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