Once A Year We Get An Opportunity To Re-Evaluate Our Lives.

                       photo source: https://hallow.com/lent/

          People often don’t look forward to Lent. Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind. Words like “sacrifice,” “discipline,” and “self-denial” are often used in ways that suggest that Lent is something to be endured rather than a time of grace and spiritual growth.


          In my family, they encourage me and my cousins to vow to a specific task during lent. They want me and my cousins to use this season as an opportunity to make others happy and to show love to everyone we can. Last year, my vow for the first twenty days of lent, was to try to face the hard obstacles in life and cheer everyone who is feeling down. Making others happy, can help spread happiness and gratefulness and impact others’ lives more than you think. My cousins had very similar vows, all with the main goal of making others happy and making others aware of the true meaning of the lent season. For the second half of lent, me and my family all vowed to spend more time together and be humble for the gift we were all given, to be together. We celebrated how Jesus died just for us to be with each other. He suffered from physical and mental harm through the course of his life. That is why all of us can sit together today and celebrate the season of lent.


          Lent is a time where we can all show each other kindness and hospitality. Jesus did not suffer his entire life to have us hate each other. All of us have the capability to get to know a student that we have never got the chance to come around and talk to. You can all make someone feel welcome into our community. We can and should use the days leading up to Easter to build stronger relationships with our peers and prepare for the celebration of the resurrection of Christ.


source:  Lenten Student Reflections - Brother Rice High Schoolhttps://www.brotherrice.org › peer-ministry-blog › lent...


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