March Grace Notes
Mar 01, 2010
The Lenten journey is a different path for each individual; though we’re all united in common purpose. We spend forty days, symbolic of Jesus forty days in the desert (itself symbolic of the Israelites forty-year desert wanderings), preparing our hearts to experience anew his passion/crucifixion and resurrection during Holy Week and Eastertide.
Above all else, take this time to contemplate and meditate upon the mysteries of Lent, that is, what Jesus ministry on earth ultimately led to. First, take up the cross as your single image of contemplation, and then expand your thoughts to the full sorrowful mysteries of Christ . . . the agony of Jesus in the garden, the scourging of Jesus at the pillar, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, and finally the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Here encompasses the complete journey of the cross within our Lenten experience to prepare ourselves, beginning Easter Sunday, to contemplate the mysterious reality of the empty tomb!
Grace & peace,
Fr. Rod+
Above all else, take this time to contemplate and meditate upon the mysteries of Lent, that is, what Jesus ministry on earth ultimately led to. First, take up the cross as your single image of contemplation, and then expand your thoughts to the full sorrowful mysteries of Christ . . . the agony of Jesus in the garden, the scourging of Jesus at the pillar, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, and finally the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Here encompasses the complete journey of the cross within our Lenten experience to prepare ourselves, beginning Easter Sunday, to contemplate the mysterious reality of the empty tomb!
Grace & peace,
Fr. Rod+