Rend your hearts

"Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God." (Joel 2: 13)

We hear this scripture usually on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. How do I rend my heart?

Jesus supplies the answer in another Ash Wednesday reading from Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18:

1. Pray
   
2. Fast
   
3. Almsgiving
   

When we do this in response to the word of God in Joel 2:13, we die with Christ during Lent and therefore are qualified to rise with him at Easter.