Jesus' Journey to the Cross - Forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easter: Devotionals for the Season of Lent - Following Jesus from Genesis to the Resurrection

By Ronald Fessenden

Lent is known today as the 40-day period of prayer and fasting in preparation for the celebration of Easter, chosen to imitate the 40-day period of Christ's fasting in the desert before He began His public ministry. Commemoration of lent has ranged from a single day in the first century Church to 44 days (from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday) in the Roman Church. However, as early Christians were forbidden to fast and perform other forms of penance on Sunday, the six Sundays that fall within this period are not included in that count, leaving 38 days. By adding Good Friday and Holy Saturday before Easter, the total number of days in Lent is now observed to be 40 days. Tradition indicates that sometime during the 11th century, the distribution of ashes as a sign of penance (the sign of the cross placed on the forehead) was initiated on Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) before the first Sunday of Lent. This 40-day devotional follows Christ from the first time He is revealed in the Book of Genesis through the Gospel of Matthew. This is His Journey to the Cross.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973541076
• ISBN13: 9781973541073
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"