| Life is a journey, a pilgrimage. We are a people
on the move, bound for our homeland in heaven. We have not here
a lasting city, pilgrims and exiles that we are. Such is the message
of Scripture, especially of the New Testament. It is a message
which in practice we tend to ignore or prefer not to think about.
It is the world of the here-and-now that absorbs our attention.
It is as though nothing lay beyond the world of the visible and
material. We can lose our sense of direction and of purpose; we
can forget that a higher destiny awaits us.
From time to time, the journey must be
resumed with fresh impetus. Lent is such a time, a ‘favourable time’ when
we set out with new purpose on the journey which leads to God.
Our
immediate objective is Easter, the Passover, but this is in itself
is a symbol and foretaste of the paschal feast of heaven. Let
us take this opportunity for renewal. Let us use this gift -
this season of grace.
- Issued by the Liturgy & Spirituality
Group
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