Lent reminds us that the Light is always on, that the Word is always waiting to be read. This liturgical season invites everyone to open our hearts, open our souls, open our minds. Lent is simply a time of hope and conversion.
Each Christian may dream new dreams as they try to see the world through God’s eyes. Each Christian may pray new prayers as new experiences may make the presence of the Lord more visible in our lives.
Lent is a time of renewal; we should answer the call of Lent with enthusiasm, youthfulness.
This is a time of penance. It is also a time for us to be creative, to learn new ways to become more faithful disciples of Christ. We must remember that this is the time to start finding ways to do the will of the one who sent us.
Look beyond the chocolate, soda, and other things given up for forty days. Look within your heart. Look at how you interact with others. Look at how you pray, when you pray, what you pray for. Look at your strengths, your weaknesses. Look at all of the things within your life that you freely choose to offer up to God. Look at the things that you do not offer to God.
How do you serve God? with enthusiasm, youthfulness? Every day our lives should be pleasing to God. Prayer should always be a part of each day. We must allow Christ to live through us. We have faith; we have hope; we have free will to surrender our hearts to God.
What we begin in Lent will hopefully continue beyond Lent, for the rest of your life.
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