In just a few short days our Lenten journey begins. Have we prepared?
Are we ready? Ash Wednesday isn’t a Holy Day of Obligation, but yet most of us (practicing and not) will come to Mass on the 26th. The ashes on our foreheads represent something—what though? They represent our dying to self!
Our Lenten journey isn’t one of just “giving up chocolate or alcohol. It is dying to your self passions, desires, and worldly needs so that Jesus may reign more fully in our lives NOW.
Lent isn’t just a season it is about growth in holiness; growth in a life with Jesus. When we make our Lenten offerings we must make them in mind with what God is asking of us. What in our lives is preventing us from further holiness? From walking with Jesus more closely? Maybe it is TV, maybe it’s our endless time spent on Facebook or Instagram, maybe it’s too much worrying about money.
What is God asking you to sacrifice this Lenten season? Journey with Jesus this Lent. We are just days away ... let’s pray for one another so that we may prepare well!
In the Heart of Jesus and Mary,
Fr. Steve