Lent is part of a Catholic practice that begins on Ash Wednesday every year, but some aspects of Lent are beneficial to everyone. We can be sure that rituals can be very good things because God prescribed a number of rituals for his people to practice. Partaking of communion is one example. Lent is a 40-day period, not counting Sundays, leading up to Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday, and it is a period of repentance, fasting, and preparation for Easter. Learn more below, including suggestions for how to observe Lent.
God is love, we find in 1 John 4:16b, but few understand that God adores each one of us so much as to theoretically claim us as His beloved Valentines. Such a revelation may only come as we Christians walk with God. His love for us is the theme of the entire Bible, revealed through every reference and foreshadowing of Jesus. The following are a few Biblical passages that show in the very first of the 66 books how loved we are by our heavenly Father.