Welcome to 40 days of Lengthening Silence: A Lenten Practice of Deepening Quiet.
Every day throughout Lent you will receive an email directly to your inbox with details about the length of silent prayer designated for the day and a prayer practice (lectio, visio or audio divina) designed to help you ease into your time of sacred silence. This same information can be found on this webpage for your convenience - so that you can have all of the resources together in one place. I don’t know about you, but my inbox can get pretty chaotic, so this is an attempt to make things a little smoother and simpler along the way.
Remember that every Monday at 12:15 Eastern Time (please adjust for your time zone), you are invited to gather with others on this Lenten journey into Lengthening Silence via a live Zoom call. CLICK HERE to join the call. If you are unable to join live, a link to the recorded gathering will be sent out in the following day’s email for you to enjoy at your convenience.
Do not worry if you “get behind” in your practice of lengthening silence. My gentle advice is that you not try to get “caught up.” Worry not. Simply start in to whatever length of silence is designated for the calendar date you are on. God is full of abundant grace and any time you are able to spend with God on purpose is a source of joy and hope. All will be well, my dear friends. All will be well.
And with that, let us enter into this sacred practice of Lengthening Silence this Lent. If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to email me.
With hope and joy, Sharon
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2026 PRAYER RESOURCES FOR Lengthening Silence
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February 16 - Welcome email with calendar of dates & length of silence for each day.
February 17 - Ten Tips for Lengthening Silence
February 18 (Ash Wednesday) – 1 minute
February 19 – 2 minutes (and recording for Welcome Session on Ash Wednesday)
February 23 – 5 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
February 24 – 6 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
March 2 – 11 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
March 3 - 12 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
March 9 – 17 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
March 10 – 18 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
March 16 – 23 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
March 17 – 24 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
March 18 – 25 minutes
March 19 – 26 minutes
March 20 – 27 minutes
March 21 – 28 minutes
March 22 – Sunday Sabbath
March 23 – 29 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
March 24 – 30 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
March 25 – 31 minutes
March 26 – 32 minutes
March 27 – 33 minutes
March 28 – 34 minutes
March 29 – Palm Sunday Sabbath
March 30 – 35 minutes (live via Zoom in community)
March 31 – 36 minutes (and recording from yesterday’s communal silence)
April 1 – 37 minutes
April 2 – 38 minutes (Holy Thursday)
April 3 – 39 minutes (Good Friday)
April 4 – 40 minutes (Holy Saturday)
April 5 – Easter Resurrection Celebration