So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it. (Is 55:10-11)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030822.cfm
Lent is not about the sacrifices we offer to God—the things we give up for Lent. What we celebrate is the salvation God’s Word has accomplished. It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t practice fasting and abstinence—just the contrary, but we should do them with joy because we have so great a Redeemer.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Tuesday, Week I, Lent
