Happy Easter!
Lent was about discipline and denial. Easter is about celebration and joy.
Then the question is: what do we do with those disciplines that we built and embraced? Do we keep them? Or do we let them go?
We don’t continue fasting during Easter in the same way we did during Lent. There is a proper time for fasting and a proper time for feasting.
But that doesn’t mean we throw all discipline to the wind.
Some of what we took on during Lent was meant just for that season—a temporary discipline for a specific purpose.
But some of it was meant to stick. To become part of our lives.
The trick is knowing which is which.
Not everything from Lent needs to carry over. But something should.
In the same way that Lent can take a few days to get going, we don’t have to have these answers the first week of Easter.
But I think it’s something we should be asking ourselves as we go through this season.
What did we learn? What do we want to continue? What carries over?
Let us pray.
Lord, help us discern what You want us to carry forward from Lent. Show us what was meant just for that season and what was meant to become part of our lives. Don’t let us throw away what You’ve taught us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
