Rev. Nicholas J. Figliola
 

Lent 2012

Did you know that the season of Lent is meant to slow us down and take a good look at ourselves and discover how close (or far) we are away from our relationship with God and God’s people.  Spouses do this periodically either singly or with each other.  This kind of sharing is part of the process of Marriage Encounter which was so very popular  several years ago.

Nobody who is serious about friendship, love, and relationship would ignore this bit of wisdom.  Even car dealers give us a check list when we buy a new car.  Would anybody ever think of ignoring that strange noise in one’s house heating system?  Would anybody ignore that strange, throbbing pain in one’s chest? Jesus, in the Gospel, warns us to check out our relationship with God.

Lent gives us that opportunity.  It is a time of renewing our Baptism promises to put God and the People of God first.  It is a time of considering our relationship with the economically poor or the isolated.  We are our “brother’s or sister’s keepers.  A cursory look at the Gospel of Luke would tell us that.

Now is the acceptable time.  Remember the old axiom:  “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today”; and, “tomorrow never comes.”  Make the best of Lent.  After all, who really has to gain?