Strength for the Week

Strength for the Week

Are you giving up something for Lent this year? Or are you doing something for Lent?
There's something to be said for both! But our Lenten disciplines are not an end unto themselves. Hardly! We give up X or take on some extra Y in response to the overwhelming love that has been given to us in Christ Jesus.
No matter how deep the hole that our individual and collective messed-up decisions and missed opportunities have gotten us, God's powerful love is deeper. We are not the center of the universe - thank God! God is the center.
This Lent Jesus invites us to follow him in his pattern of self-giving love. He isn't looking for grand gestures, but the simple loving acceptance of ourselves and our neighbor for love of God.

Sr. Sean Mayer, FSP