LENT

On this the eve of Ash Wednesday, we once again, as a parish family, prepare to begin our Lenten journey.  Lent is truly about renewal.  Renewing our relationship with God, and his son Jesus Christ.  It is an opportunity to renew our commitment to daily prayer and the opening up of our hearts to God.  A renewal in breaking open the Word of God and to see where God is speaking to us through Sacred Scripture. 

What animates us is the spirit, the soul within us.  When we are fed with the Body and Blood of Christ and the Word of God, our spirit is fed.  While many of us hunger for that spiritual food at the celebration of Mass, I consider the season of Lent to be a great gift to us, the body of Christ.  These 40 days allow us to take a look deep within at our relationship with God and our neighbour.  It is an opportunity for us to offer penance for the sins we have committed.  And best of all, it presents us with the opportunity to not just change our lives, but to transform them as we rededicate our lives to God. 
 
This is my prayer for each of us.  May this season of Lent be an opportunity to reignite our relationship with God, confident that Christ continues to navigate us through these times together.  I pray that it be a time of refreshment for our souls as we draw closer to God.  May it truly be a time of spiritual renewal. 
 
May we emerge from this time, and this season of Lent, renewed in mind, body, and spirit.
 
I wish all of you a truly blessed and grace-filled season of Lent.
 
Fr. Greg