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SUMMARY:Reflection from the Rectory - What Lent Really Is
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DESCRIPTION:The month of March sees the beginning of the church season of 
 Lent. For many it is about giving up chocolate\, coffee\, etc. These are n
 ot bad things in themselves\, but they do miss the point of what Lent real
 ly means.  Lent is about recognising in ourselves and how we live our live
 s. A time of self-reflection on where we are in following our Lord’s com
 mandment to love one another. Whether that is a small shift in our daily l
 ife or perhaps a larger one\, it is about having the opportunity to deepen
  our spiritual life\, commit more time to God in what we are am doing for 
 him in this place. For me\, that means buying a lent devotional book and c
 ommitting to it. Of course you do not need to buy one there are plenty of 
 them available for free on the internet. The CofE offering this year is Li
 ving Hope which is available at this link or you can search for it. There 
 will be a Lent exploration on the subject of prayer as we look at differen
 t ways of praying and how that might help our spiritual temperature to mov
 e up the scale by a few degrees. Jesus spent his time in the wilderness de
 epening his connexion with God\, he suffered all manner of hardships\, hun
 ger\, thirst\, wild beasts\, temptations. Yet we he came out of that seclu
 sion soaked in prayer\, he was ready for what was to come\, even though it
  would lead to the cross.  I hope that you might start your Lent by joinin
 g together as a Benefice on Wednesday the 5th of March at 7pm at All Saint
 s Ruskington with the traditional Ash Wednesday service. My prayer for us 
 all for Lent is that we will engage with something g which will bring us c
 loser to God whether that be through more committed prayer time\, learning
  more about the Christian story or coming together as people of God in our
  praise and worship more often. I have offered some scripture as the endpi
 ece to this newsletter to help us in our Lenten Journey. Blessings. Revd A
 l.
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