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Today
is Ash Wednesday and when we look at the “signs of the time” we may feel the
same feelings Jesus experienced in preparation for the cross. He faces his
reality with faith, commitment and hope to teach us how to discover the will of
God.
I
received from another colleague an anonymous reflection from a newsletter of a
Catholic retreat house. This Lenten Reflection is a wonderful resource I
want to share with you as we attempt to be faithful in this scary, wonderful and
uncertain time in which we live.
Lenten
Reflections
Fast from judging others; feast on the presence of God within each person.
Fast
from focusing on differences; feast on the unity of all life.
Fast from apparent darkness and gloom; feast on the reality of light and
enthusiasm.
Fast from thoughts of illness; feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude.
Fast
from anger; feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.
Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
Fast from negatives; feast on affirmatives.
Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.
Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.
Fast from facts that depress; feast on promises that inspire.
Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.
Fast from shadows of sorrow; feast on the brilliance of Resurrection!
Rev.
Jose Luis Casal, General Missioner
Tres Rios Presbytery
