Forty in Scripture is never accidental. It marks the passage from old life to new, from flood to covenant, from wilderness to promise, from temptation to mission. Just as forty weeks form a child in the womb, forty days form a soul in the desert. Lent is not symbolic ritual; it is gestation. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, God reshapes our desires and restores us in Christ. Forty is the measure of conversion.

The family is where God’s covenant is lived out most intimately. It is no wonder that the evil one works tirelessly to sow division.

Explore the Catholic understanding of the Four Last Things—Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Learn about their significance.

God entered human history at the deepest level. The Word became flesh through a family so that humanity might be united again to the Father.