On this first day of Lent, we align ourselves with:
- Fasting to reject that which doesn’t nurture our best life and
- Feasting to welcome with an open heart and mind that which enriches us and envelopes us in the oneness of Creation
We begin this process on Ash Wednesday with fasting from judging others and feasting on beholding the Christ in others as well as ourselves. Lent invites us to know deeply that we (every one of us) are an integral part of the One Presence and One Power we call God. As Charles Fillmore said, “The resurrection of Jesus takes place in us each time we rise to the realization of the perpetual indwelling life that connects us with the Father.”
