Season: Lent. Meaning: Repentance through fasting. Liturgical Color: Purple. Practices: Anglican/Lutheran abstain from meat or reduce portions; Methodists/Presbyterians may fast personally (e.g., skip a meal, give up sweets); Baptists rarely fast. Daily: Continue giving up foods/habits. Prayer: Merciful God, as we fast and pray in Lent, grant us contrite hearts and renewed spirits. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.