Lent is a season for recalling the suffering and triumph of our Lord, Savior and Liberator, Jesus Christ. It is a time where all Christians should take spiritual inventory in their lives; a time of discarding those things which hurt us and holding on to those things which help us. Lent is a time of remembering the passion, suffering, and resurrection of Christ. As heirs of his kingdom, we become co-participants in the struggle for love, justice, and truth as we are crucified and resurrected in the daily experiences of our lives.

It is interesting that a season of suffering should be the high point of our religious festivities. We are reminded that suffering has a central role in Christian experience, especially redemptive suffering. Suffering which brings about a new consciousness; a new re…