Keeping Jesus at the Heart of Lent 🧡🌿 // The Weekly Visit with Jenna and Steph
The Gathering Place, a Podcast from Blessed is She
Blessed is She
4.9 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Lent can so easily become about checking boxes… giving things up, adding things in, trying harder. But what if this year was less about routine and more about relationship?
In this Weekly Visit, Jenna and Steph will reflect on how to keep Jesus at the center of our Lenten practices, so fasting, prayer, and sacrifice become pathways to intimacy rather than "spiritual busywork." We’ll explore simple ways to stay rooted in love, grace, and presence, especially when motivation fades or life feels full.
Come be reminded that Lent isn’t about perfection - it’s about proximity to the heart of Christ.
Reflection Questions:
When I think about Lent, what tends to motivate me most: discipline, obligation, or desire for deeper relationship with Jesus?
Where have my spiritual routines become automatic, and how might Jesus be inviting me to re-engage with love and intention?
What is one simple way I can intentionally place Jesus at the center of my Lenten prayer or sacrifice this year?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys. Hello. Happy Tuesday. Happy Feast of St. Scholastica. Where all the twins at? |
| 0:10.0 | Right here. Well, one of us. Can you believe Steph's a twin, you guys? I think twins are the coolest thing ever. |
| 0:16.6 | Do you? Because you're not one. Are you identical? Mm-hmm. Isn't that like a miracle? |
| 0:39.6 | That's a very nice way to look at it, Jenna. Isn't it? Yeah. It's like crazy. Yeah, it's kind of nuts. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's not genetic, like those boring twins. There's literally no other twins in my family. Isn't that crazy? because it's not genetic right yeah so when people are like oh is there |
| 0:38.1 | twins no we're the only ones yeah no no cousins no aunts uncles it's so cool it's |
| 0:43.6 | kind of funny i think twins are amazing thank you so much i'll let my twin know do you think it is |
| 0:48.4 | now when i moved from another state to here i thought that was amazing because I had like a permanent friend. |
| 0:56.0 | Growing up. |
| 0:58.0 | You didn't love it growing up? |
| 0:59.0 | No, I had no identity. |
| 1:01.0 | I say to my kids. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, sad stuff. |
| 1:03.0 | Jesus is pressing on some wounds. |
| 1:05.0 | We should unpack this. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, I say to my girls all the time because I have, I have six girls, but I have teens, so like 16 and 14 are my oldest and they fight not like bad, but they're just like punks to each other. |
| 1:20.5 | And I just sit there and I go, wow, I wish I had someone to talk to when I was a kid. |
| 1:27.1 | I wish I had a sister. I wish I had someone to talk to when I was a kid. I wish I had a sister. |
| 1:28.8 | I wish I had a roommate for my entire life. |
| 1:33.5 | You do? |
| 1:34.0 | Someone who was always going to be there for me and would know if I was crying and would know if I was sad. |
| 1:41.4 | And they might be the person making me sad. |
| 1:44.4 | Right. But they would know. Yeah. I would like, they might be the person making me sad. Right, but they would know. |
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