Today, is Ash Wednesday, the start of 40 days of Lent. Some food for thought: Lent is for lengthening, not for constriction. As we begin the forty days, we need to ask the Spirit where we are being called, here and now, to grow. We need to ask ourselves what we must do in order to further that divine purpose. We need to stop confining ourselves, and instead be open to the one who calls light out of darkness, brings life out of death. It is not really about our effort, still less about our looking miserable. Rather, with humble pride, we boast that all we can do is to plant and to water. The real growth, the true lengthening, comes from God (1 Corinthians 3:5-7). Extract Philip Endean SJ is Professor of Spirituality at Centre Sèvres, Paris.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:15:00 +0000
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