Lent Season - The Opportunity of Repentance

The word lent invokes a lot of fond memories attached to our childhood. The Catholics have a tradition of observing the lent season accompanied by important events in the Christian community. The major is the 40 days lent period observed before Easter. The lent season involves abstinence from non-vegetarian foods, alcohols, and utmost dedication by chanting prayers with help of a catholic rosary. These practices make us develop a resolution and encourage us to be a better person with ideology. The Nazareth store provides us with a wide range of catholic gift items including rosaries, crosses which play a key role in channeling our devotion.


What is Lent?

Lent is an ancient English word “lencten” meaning a season of new life or new beginning. That does mean lent is a season of new hope, decisions, faith strengthening. This season is often considered as a chance offered by Jesus for the renewal of our soul. The process of cleansing our soul and body to prepare ourselves to welcome God into our home. This very feeling of being involved and being part of Jesus gives us renewed hope and happiness. Lent observation can be of various forms like being an obedient child, controlling anger, not speaking ill about others which eventually gives us peace.

 

Healing aspects of fasting

The scientific data supports fasting by saying that it's an essential process which in return prolongs our life days. Like a peaceful sleep is followed by light eating. Body purification, rejuvenation revitalization, weight loss, and reduction of allergies are good results of fasting. Fasting creates a clearer mind, memory, will, thought, planning, inspiration, positivity, new ideas, and creativity. These all factors contribute to the beneficial healing of the body and soul. We have to consider the fact that these are the teachings involved in the Holy Bible that is been followed and practiced by Catholics all over the world. These practices benefit us in many ways.

 

Spiritual benefits of fasting

Fasting can lead to living with greater spiritual intensity and developing a stronger inner life. Fasting enables us to focus on the internal aspects of our mind, body, choices, and day-to-day living style. Usually, fasting is connected with a better understanding of its nature like why is fasting observed? What is the true purpose of this? Has there been any instance of fasting mentioned in Catholic history? Finding out the actual answers for these leads us to better understanding and judgment towards life. Fasting helps in attaining self-realization and reaching super-conscious energies. Along with a responsible sense that heals and restores the soul. 

 

Humans always desire change around them with every step of evolution. Jesus through his teachings makes us learn that these change we desire in things and the environment around us begins with us. And he also gives us various means to bring these changes in our life, one of which being the observation of lent or fasting. The Nazareth store provides items that are a part of the motivation in staying concrete to chanting prayers and observing. The wide collection of items encourages followers to buy rosary bracelets, rosary, crosses as pectoral and Jerusalem crosses. These items benefit us by channeling our energy and staying focused on spirituality.

 

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