Lent is a spiritual journey requiring the whole of faith.(Column)

National Catholic Reporter | February 28, 1997| | Copyright

The word Lent conveys different meanings to different people. For many traditional Christians it evokes ideas of penance, self-denial and fasting. For others, it brings to mind the catechumenate, baptism and Easter. For still others, it elicits thoughts of the coming springtime.

The first is the older view of the season, common among Catholics before the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). For them, Lent was -- and remains -- primarily, even exclusively, a time for giving things up: candy, movies, cigarettes and cigars, for example.

The second is the newer, ...

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