Countdown to Lent!!!

We are now a week away from beginning the 40-day Season of Lent. This is our penitential time, a time of renewal and hope. What are you going to do to make this a meaningful season? It is not about giving things up but about takings things on. Things that will help us to live a happy, holy, faith-filled life. Our focus during this Lenten Season, as we can say everyday of our lives, is on the cross. Here is the opening paragraph from a quote by Father John Tauler, O.P., a German Dominican priest. The title of his piece is: "Participating in Christ's Passion": "Although we have many afflictions to suffer and each of these crosses has its length, breadth, depth, and height, yet we should clearly understand that it is only by the cross of Christ's holy humanity that we are saved. To this cross is joined - if we may so express ourselves - the cross of Christ's divinity, all painless and elevated in heavenly joy" (Magnificat, 45)... To get to the Resurrection we have to go through the cross. Jesus calls us to be his disciples and in doing so we are to pick up the cross and follow him. We have a week to think and pray about what we would like to do for Lent. Let us make the most of this time as we prepare for the season that will help us to prepare for the glorious Solemnity of our Lord's Resurrection at Easter. Have a blessed day!!!