EMBRACING THE JOURNEY OF LENT IS THE FOCUS OF TODAY’S VIEWPOINT.
Ash Wednesday holds spiritual significance for vast majority of Christians worldwide.
It marks the commencement of lent.
a forty day period of prayer and abstinence from food, commemorating the forty days Jesus Christ spent fasting and praying in the wilderness, in preparation for his ministry.
Lenten period is a preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.
Christians, especially orthodox churches, globally have continued to observe Lenten period thousands of years.
The 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory, was said to have set the first official period of lent in 601 AD.
Part of the Lenten period includes marking the foreheads of worshippers with ashes in the shape of the cross on Ash Wednesday.
Pope Francis message for 2025 lent captures the spiritual and social essence of the spiritual exercise
Christians are called to walk together in hope and use the upcoming Lenten season as a time for self-reflection, asking if they are truly ready to embrace god’s call for transformation.
This call for change should echo, as at no other time in the history of humanity, is the necessity for change more pressing.
Crises of various forms from political, social, and economic, along with tension and violence, are widespread across many societies worldwide.
Nigeria is not immune to these challenges despite the seeming air of religious devotion.
Misdemeanour and vices are recorded in homes, workplaces, public spaces, governance.
This calls for sober reflection and decision to change the narrative.
The Lenten period offers the avenue for engaging in rethink by Christian faithful and all Nigerians.
For all and sundry, the slogan that should continue to ring a bell is ‘change begins with me.
