The season of Lent invites us to reflect on some of the more challenging sides of life. Lent acknowledges the heaviness and weariness - especially fitting this year, it seems.
We have collected some resources for your Lenten journey here. The page will be updated periodically.
Worship
For February's Lay Leaders' Gathering, Lorraine Reinhardt compiled materials and ideas for Lenten worship, especially for lay-led services. You can download them here.
Need ashes for Ash Wednesday? You can make your own. Traditionally, previous Palm Sunday's palms are used. However, you can also use dried herbs (lavender, sage, etc.) or paper. Prepare the ashes outdoors - it's a smoky, messy job. Good instructions and a devotional for preparing the ashes can be found here.
Addressing Anti-Judaism During Lent and Eastertide: Last year, the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) issued guidance on addressing anti-Judaism and proposed alternate readings for Palm/Passion Sunday and Good Friday, along with revisions to the lectionary for the season of Easter and the time after Pentecost. This provisional update to the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is now commended to the churches for a three-year trial period, beginning in Advent of 2025. ELCIC worship leaders are invited to integrate these revisions into worship planning.
Worship resources from Reconciling Works can be accessed here.
Devotions
Prayer Vigils for Climate Justice - every Tuesday during Lent. See here for details and to register.
From Dust, Still Holy: Lutherans Connect
- Lutherans Connect is a seasonal devotional by Deacon Sherry Coman from Eastern Synod
- Daily devotionals are published on Facebook, or they’re available over email
Prepare Your Heart for Easter
Daily prayers sent to you by email, created by Rev. Bruce Ehlert (Saskatoon, SK). You can subscribe here.
Journey Through Lent with CLWR
Follow a weekly journey through the season with Scriptures, prayers, and reflection.
Devotional from Reconciling Works
A weekly devotional from Reconciling Works, focusing on justice, liberation, and flourishing. You can download the booklet here.
Closer - on the way to the cross
Lutheran World Federation's Lenten devotional can be found here, or you can follow their daily Facebook posts here.
Global Systemic Carbon Fast: A Faith-rooted Journey Through Lent: The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites you to participate in a Global Systemic Carbon Fast: a faith-rooted journey through Lent. Seven weeks of prayer, reflection and action address personal carbon footprints alongside the economic systems driving climate change and water contamination across the web of life. Beginning February 18, participants examine a different industry each week. For more information, please click here.
For more ideas, you can also check the resources from 2025. You can find the page here.
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