Lenten period time for penance, repentance- Archbishop Kaigama

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has described Lenten  period as time for penance and repentnce.

Kaigama stated this in an interview on Wednesday in Jos.

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Catholics across the world on Wednesday began the Lenten period with the administration  of symbolic ashes on the forehead of worshipers.

“Lenten period is call for penance, a call for repentance and we do that in various  ways.“During this period, we intensify our prayers, we intensify  our charity toward others, especially the poor, the marginalised and the deprived in the society.

“We fast in order  to punish ourselves. To experience the hunger  of those that go everyday without  breakfast, lunch or  supper.

“We should feel a bit of that and from the leftover  of our fast we can use to support those who are hungry,” he said.

Kaigama, who is also the Administrator, Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, said that the time was to be open to the Lord.

He explained  that it was period to let the Lord lead believers and transform them so that would be good Christians, dependable  and patriotic Nigerians.

Catholics in Jos  came out in their numbers to celebrate and to collect ashes.The worshipers were also clad in black to mourn victims of insurgency and also protest the persistent security challenges in the country.

(NAN)