Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Jewish Sacrifice and the Temptation of Christ, Sandro Botticelli - Source

There's a lot going on in this fifteenth-century painting. Take a few minutes to read this brief commentary for assistance in gathering up more layers of meaning.

Listen*: My Soul Is At Rest, Taizé Community Choir - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for First Sunday in Lent

Do: Today's a day to break your fast (at least partially). Enjoy something you've given up, giving thanks to Christ for the abundance we receive from his obedience and great love.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Jewish Sacrifice and the Temptation of Christ, Sandro Botticelli - Source

There's a lot going on in this fifteenth-century painting. Take a few minutes to read this brief commentary for assistance in gathering up more layers of meaning.

Listen*: My Soul Is At Rest, Taizé Community Choir - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for First Sunday in Lent

Do: Today's a day to break your fast (at least partially). Enjoy something you've given up, giving thanks to Christ for the abundance we receive from his obedience and great love.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Thousands watch as lynchers prepare to torture Henry Smith on a ten-foot-high platform at the county fairgrounds, Library of Congress/Getty Images. Source: Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror, EJI

Listen*: The Passion, Ms. Lauryn Hill - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 30, 32; Ezekiel. 39:21-29; Philippians 4:10-20; John 17:20-26

Pray & Do: Spend time today reading through the reflections for Week 1 of An American Lent.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Temptation, Julia Stankova - Source

Listen*: Kyrie I, Fernando Ortega - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 31; Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Philippians 4:1-9; John 17:9-19

Pray & Do: Sit in silence for 5 minutes praying only the “Jesus Prayer”.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: The father embraces his prodigal son, Reconciliation window, St. John's Church, Tralee, IR, Tom Denny - Source

Listen*: Come Thou Fount / I Will Arise - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 37; Habakkuk 3; Philippians 3:12-21; John 17:1-8

Pray: from Philippians 3:13b-14, NIV - Source

Do: Sit in silence for 5 minutes praying only the “Jesus Prayer”.

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