A Lenten Devotional

The 46 Days of Lent

A Devotional Journey Through Year A (Revised Common Lectionary)

The 46 Days of Lent is a Scripture-shaped devotional designed to guide individuals, parishes, and small groups through the full arc of the Church's Lenten journey-from Ash Wednesday through Easter Day-according to the Year A readings of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Rooted in the liturgical life of the Episcopal Church, this devotional invites readers into Lent not as a season of spiritual performance, but as a season of truth, repentance, mercy, and hope. Each day follows a simple, prayerful rhythm:

• Scripture Focus drawn from the appointed lectionary readings

• A brief theological reflection grounded in Scripture.

• A prayer shaped by the language of the Church

• A practice offering an embodied response to the day's theme

Rather than rushing toward Easter, this devotional lingers intentionally with the wilderness, the silence, the waiting, and the costly love revealed in Christ's journey toward the cross. Themes of trust, repentance, mercy, humility, suffering, and resurrection unfold gradually, allowing Scripture to form the heart over time.

Special attention is given to Holy Week-Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday-honoring the Church's tradition of slowing down, watching, and waiting. Easter Day emerges not as a reset, but as the fulfillment of a long and faithful pilgrimage.

This devotional is well suited for:

• Personal daily prayer during Lent

• Parish or small-group study

• Clergy, catechists, and lay leaders seeking a theologically grounded seasonal resource

Written with clarity, reverence, and pastoral sensitivity, The 46 Days of Lent invites readers to return to the Lord-not in fear or performance, but in trust-discovering anew that God's mercy is deeper than our sin, and that resurrection life begins even now.