40 Days

Matt Maher

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Emma from Tucson, AZ on March 27, 2006
I love the lyrics; they are the best. Every Sunday in Lent this year we have sung this as a Closing Song.

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Ken from Fort Wayne, Indiana on March 2, 2006
This is my favorite Lent song! We play it at the school Masses and the students love it.

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Ryan from Mississauga Ontario on July 25, 2005
This is one of my favourite songs anywhere. It is a great tune and the lyrics are so insightful and thought provoking. Really makes me think about the core values of my faith, of fasting and of Lent.

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Lyrics

40 days to wander, 40 days to die to self.
40 days to grow stronger
as faith breaks open the gates of hell.

The Jubilee is over, but grace is far from gone.
In the hearts of the faithful,
broken on the wheels of love.

In the desert of temptation
lies the storm of true conversion,
where springs of living water drown and refresh you.

And as the Jordan pours out change,
your true self is all that remains,
where springs of living water bind and break you.

40 days to remember the Paschal sacrifice.
40 days to discover
as passion calls us to new life.

The Jubilee is over but mercy is far from gone.
In the arms of the Father
as the wayward child comes home.