Calendar of feasts
Lent
February 18, 2026 · February 10, 2027
Lord, the season of Lent begins. Search the hidden places of our hearts, and teach us, in quietness and prayer, to walk step by step toward the cross. Amen.
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel 2–13
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6
Lent
Lent is a preparation of about forty days before Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday, traditionally kept with prayer, fasting and almsgiving, remembering Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. Violet is the color of the season.
In our chapel, Lent dims the light and the candles — the quiet itself is the language of these days.