The Lenten Journey

As we begin the journey of lent, we intensify our quest for God. We also witness God's intensification of His quest for us!  Yes, Jesus, by going to the cross, is God searching for us, thirsting for us, pining for us.  Jesus learns obedience to the Father's will by what He suffered on the cross. It is on the cross that Jesus surrenders His life to the Father and thus returns to the Father's glory, from whence He came and opens the way for us, too, to return to God.  Because of Jesus'death and resurrection, we, too, are capable of learning obedience from the sufferings in our life. By dying to that which we need to die to in order to experience new life, new hope, deeper love and true freedom, we, too, return to the glory of the Father, from whence we came. Through death, we experience resurrection.  O, happy Lent. O, Blessed Savior. O, holy God. O loving God, who did not spare His only begotten Son so that we may have life eternal, not only when we die physically, but as we die in this life to that which bars us from God's love, God's will, God's compassion, God's mercy, God's justice.