The real power of Lent is in the discipline we can impose on ourselves, if we choose to. Here is the deep secret of Lent, of faith, of religious observance: i

The real power of Lent is in the discipline we can impose on ourselves, if we choose to. Here is the deep secret of Lent, of faith, of religious observance: it is up to us. We choose to do it, we choose to make ourselves open to the changes it offers; or we don't. God is not in the fast, God is not in the praying, God is not in the ritual, anymore than God was in the whirlwind or the earthquake or the fire that passed by Elijah. But God is present nonetheless (call it "supernatural" if you must). http://rmadisonj.blogspot.com/2019/03/meditation-for-ash-wednesday-2019.html http://rmadisonj.blogspot.com/2019/03/meditation-for-ash-wed...