From the few notes made strictly for personal use in the Great Lent 2023, as a cure against forgetfulness, I have chosen, at friendly insistence, but extraneous to my original purpose, those which I thought might interest a wider circle of readers. For example, those who have the Triduum book at home, but feel intimidated by its proportions, or those who wish to nuance their vision of Lent, or those who, constrained by the rhythm of the Mass, are unable to reflect over the text read or sung, but also those still frightened by the idea of Lent, especially … Great.