Devotional Reading for the Three Celtic Lents

Previously I have written about how, in ancient times, Celtic monks observed three “Lents” — which is to say, three forty-day periods of fasting, prayer, and sacrifice, in preparation for three sacred moments in the year:

• The actual season of Lent (forty days prior to Easter)

• A summertime “Lent” (forty days prior to the Feast of the Transfiguration)

• A fort…