With the shakeup of the United States Government, the strain on old alliances and ways of working together, and the threat to freedom and democracy around the world - let us hold all nations, their peoples, and their leaders in our prayers.

Let us take into our hearts the countries and the people for whom we have a concern by focusing on our own special prayer and on the following statement.

In our unity of purpose, and our diversity of expression, we are guided by Infinite Wisdom and prospered by Divine Love!

The initial intention of Lent is to imitate the 40 days of fasting in the wilderness by Jesus before the beginning of his ministry, which culminated in the events of Holy Week.  The 40 days period excludes Sundays. Every Sunday is a resurrection day to be celebrated with a feast.

“The word Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for spring, which is derived from a verb meaning to lengthen.  Lent comes in the spring when the days become noticeably longer.” (Charles Fillmore, Unity Co-founder)

“When we consider Lent as a well-rounded or ‘completed’ season of retreat from the things of the world for the cleansing of the mind and the recollection of the things of Spirit, it becomes a true season of preparation for the glorious Eastertide; a preparation for the resurrection of the mind from the darkness of its sins, doubts, and false-beliefs into the light of understanding.” (Georgiana Tree West, early Unity author)