Lent is not simply a season of solitary avoidance. It is something we go through together — a season of new life, a springtime of the soul. As the Hebrews wandered the desert for forty years, so we should enter Lent through the ecclesial community and share its challenges with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

A contemporary, easy-to-read guide to morality for the faithful, ordinary, searching adult of the 21st century, this book of insightful commentary and questions for meditation shows readers how to live Lent to the fullest each and every day. Divided into five sections — Lent and Moral Conversion, The Desert of Ordinary Life, Waiting in the Desert, Sin and Virtue, and Turning Points for Moral Conversion and the Disciplines of Lent — it helps us cultivate the patience to let God find us in our daily commitments, listen to the voice of conscience, move away from moral evil toward the graced life, and worship more meaningfully. The result is a refreshing look at how the solemn yet simple traditions of Lent culminate in the promise of eternal life with God through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.