# Lent ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The liturgical season of forty days which begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with the celebration of the Paschal Mystery (Easter Triduum). Lent is the primary penitential season in the Church's liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the desert in fasting and prayer ([[1.2.2.3.p1l#^ccc-540|540]], [[2.1.1.1.p2x#^ccc-1095|1095]], [[2.2.2.4.p4b#^ccc-1438|1438]]). ## Divine Intimacy Meditations - Time for spiritual reform: [[77-a-new-program#Meditation 1|77,1]]; - dedicated to the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus: [[91-prediction-of-the-passion#Meditation 1|91,1]]; - and to penance: [[94-ash-wednesday#Meditation 2|94,2]]; - and to the struggle against sin: [[98-the-great-combat#Meditation 1|98,1]]; - Lenten program: [[99-conversion#Meditation 1|99,1]], [[99-conversion#Meditation 2|99,2]]. - [[77-a-new-program|77. A New Program]] - [[91-prediction-of-the-passion|91. Prediction of the Passion]] - [[94-ash-wednesday|94. Ash Wednesday]] - [[98-the-great-combat|98. The Great Combat]] - [[99-conversion|99. Conversion]] ### Reference [[156-energetic-resolve|156. Energetic Resolve]]