The season of Lent is a call to a renewal of faith.
Hence there is the meditation of the sufferings of Christ in the devotion of the Stations of the Cross.
There is an emphasis on abstinence and fasting, and some would embark on a 40-day Lenten diet.
And for alms-giving, the Charities Week envelops will be distributed for us to make our offering to help the poor.
Over and above all these is the call to prayer and to renew and deepen our relationship with our Saviour.
In the gospel, Jesus taught the prayer of the "Our Father", a prayer that we are familiar with.
But what we need to be equally familiar with is what Jesus said after teaching the prayer.
Jesus said this: If you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours; but if you do not forgive others, your heavenly Father will not forgive your failings either.
When we are able to forgive instead of fume over the failings of others, then we know that our prayer is bearing fruit in our lives and that we are also drawing closer to the Lord.