Madison, Wis. (March 5, 2025) – An important tradition at Edgewood College continues with sharing these reflections for the season of Lent.
The season of Lent is a time of spiritual preparation that remembers Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness, where he fasted, prayed, and faced temptations before beginning his public ministry. Far from a comfortable experience, this time and space apart forced Jesus to come face-to-face with the temptations of worldly power and societal gains. This experience refined his understanding of his true spiritual call, which transcended the status quo.
This year, we want to invite you to engage with these themes of Lent by joining in Edgewood College’s commitment to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform facilitates a bold and active response to the ecological crisis, urgently illustrated in Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’ (referred to as “LS” with the corresponding paragraph number). Each week will focus on one of the seven platform goals. The prayers and descriptions featured here can be found at laudatosiactionplatform.org.
Our hope is that this Lenten Reflection booklet will invite you into your own time and space apart, of prayer and fasting, to better understand our collective spiritual call to “cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and talents” (LS 14).
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