"I give to St. Paul's Newman Church of Fargo, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 2505 University Drive N, Suite 100, Fargo, ND 58102, or its successor thereto, ______________ [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose."
Lent runs from Ash Wednesday to until the Mass of the Lord's Supper. The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter.
Through the twofold theme of repentance and baptism, the season of Lent disposes us to celebrate the paschal mystery of Christ's Passion, death, and Resurrection. This season impresses upon the faithful not only the social consequences of sin but also the essence of the virtue of penance, namely, detestation of sin as an offense against God.
Penance should be practiced both inwardly and outwardly, and should be directed to works of mercy on behalf of our brothers and sisters. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, the faithful are drawn more fully into repentance from sin, particularly through the practice of the Sacrament of Penance.
All these preparations and disciplines produce the good fruit within each of us so that we may more fully celebrate the Easter Mystery of Christ's Resurrection and defeat of sin and death!