Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge for 2025
“If our desire for holiness is sincere, if we are docile enough to place ourselves in God’s hands, everything will go well. For He is always ready to give us his grace, especially at a time like this — grace for a new conversion, a step forward in our lives as Christians. We cannot regard this Lent as just another liturgical season which has simply happened to come around again… Jesus is passing by and He hopes that we will take a great step forward — today, now.” St. Josemaría Escrivá
This Lent, Hallow will once again launch its Lent Pray40 prayer challenge, beginning on Ash Wednesday.
This is routinely the largest and most popular prayer challenge Hallow offers. In 2025, nearly two-million people joined Pray40, and Hallow was blessed to reach #2 in the App Store, behind only ChatGPT.
In 2026, please consider joining millions around the world in prayer by joining Pray40 on Hallow!
Past Pray40 Challenges
Last year, we explored the amazing story of Takashi Nagai and the book A Song for Nagasaki.
Amid the devastation of the atomic bomb, Nagai demonstrated incredible faith in a moment that couldn’t be more difficult.
We also meditated on the writings of St. Josemaría Escrivá, through is spiritual classic, The Way.
“Lent is a time of penance, purification, and conversion. It is not an easy program, but then Christianity is not an easy way of life. It is not enough just to be in the Church, letting the years roll by. In our life, in the life of Christians, our first conversion… is certainly very significant. But the later conversions are even more important, and they are increasingly demanding.”
In 2024, Pray40 focused on the book He Leadeth Me, the powerful story of Fr. Walter Ciszek.
We walked through the life-changing, spiritual classic He Leadeth Me, written by Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J. Fr. Walter, a Jesuit priest and missionary, was imprisoned for more than 20 years in the Soviet Union, first in solitary confinement and then in a Siberian worker camp. Amidst some of the most brutal conditions imaginable, Fr. Walter underwent a profound spiritual journey. In fear, he found hope. In confinement, he surrendered his life to God.
In 2023, the Imitation of Christ inspired Pray40.
Daily readings from the 15th century book, written by monk Thomas a Kempis, were center to the Lenten prayer challenge. The book, which influenced the lives of countless saints over the centuries, is equally powerful today.
In 2022, Hallow’s Pray40 challenge focused on the Seven Last Words of Christ.
These seven “words,” which are actually sayings that contain multiple words, represent these seven themes: Forgiveness, Salvation, Relationship, Abandonment, Distress, Triumph and Reunion. They helped us keep our prayer focused on Jesus’s time on the cross, fixed on the incredible sacrifice He made for us.
Pray40 Resources for 2025
Go deeper with your experience going through the Pray40 Lent prayer challenge with additional resources available from Hallow.
The Way is a collection of profound spiritual advice from St. Josemaría Escrivá compiled in 999 categorized “points,” or considerations.
A Song for Nagasaki is a biography of Servant of God Takashi Nagai written by Fr. Paul Glynn, S.M.
Hallow partnered with Ignatius Press to create a special edition of A Song for Nagasaki for the Pray40 challenge, which you can purchase below.
Also check out Hallow’s blog on The Way, as well as our blog on A Song for Nagasaki.
SEE MORE: Lent Prayers for 2026 | What to Give Up for Lent | Ash Wednesday 2026 | Where to Get Ashes | Divine Mercy Chaplet | Lent 2026: Schedule and Important Dates | Good Friday 2026 | Stations of the Cross
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Spread the Word!
In 2024, nearly 2 million people joined Pray40, leading to Hallow reaching #1 overall in the App Store.
This year, we’d love for you to spread the word about Hallow’s Pray40 Lent prayer challenge, inviting others to pray every day leading up to Easter.
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