Lent is a 6-week journey using prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to get to know God better through small sacrifices, beginning on Ash Wednesday with ashes as a sign of God's love and our promise to be with him in heaven. The journey of Lent prepares us for celebrating God's ultimate love at Easter.

2. Lent is like a journey

3. A journey to meet God

4. A time to get to know God better

5. To know his great love for us

6. The journey lasts for 6 weeks

7. The journey begins on Ash
Wednesday

8. On Ash Wednesday
• We receive ashes on our foreheads.
• This is a sign of God’s love for us.
• It reminds us that one day we will be
with him forever in heaven.

9. During the 6 weeks of Lent we can
try to get to know God better by
Praying

10. Giving something up

11. Being kind to others

12. These are the special 3 ways to
learn to love God more –
• Prayer
• Fasting
• Almsgiving

13. Sometimes we can’t do what we
would like to do

14. But God sees us trying
and will help us to start again

15. Our journey ends …………..

16. At Easter