Ryan Miller

Make a Way for His Invaluable Love: a lenten meditation for our hearts Ryan Miller

In (2 Corinthians 5:20) St Paul teaches us that now is a grace-filled hour, time to revise and remodel our life, time for an extreme makeover to reverse destructive choices, halt spiritual drifting, go back to basics, and refresh our lives with the truth of the Gospel, the grace of the sacraments and the life of the church. The Lenten season is here. As usual, the faithful are being called upon to observe it with reverence and faith in God. In this year's Lent, we are challenged primarily by rising inflation, poverty, insecurity, worsened by the raging coronavirus pandemic. But God is still the same and therein lies our hope. Lent is a time to seek him the more. It is a time of fasting, prayer and almsgiving driven by repentance. Lent is a time of spiritual renewal, a special period in the church's calendar, marking Christ's preparation for his public ministry. Our symbolic "40 days" fast recalls the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert, praying and communing with God his Father, before embarking on that work of redemption. During Lent, we are encouraged to reflect on Christ's suffering, crucifixion, resurrection and salvation of mankind. We are expected to renew ourselves spiritually and draw closer to God, always, but especially during Lent. The challenge is to become Godlike.