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I have a couple things to share. First, this weekend at Mass our priest referred to Lent as "spiritual bootcamp", which I thought was a very descriptive and accurate way of looking at it. Lent is a time when we willingly commit to enduring some hardships to test our will, build our endurance, and make us stronger in our faith.
ReplyDeleteOne other thing I want to share is a blog called "Reflections of the Sacred Liturgy". I know the priest who updates the blog, and he has some really deep and thought-provoking reflections for each day. He also includes some other resources. If anyone would like to check it out, here's the link: http://reflectionsonthesacredliturgy.blogspot.com
Yesterday's sermon about the Lenten journey struck a chord with me. It could have been since I heard it twice (played bells for two masses), or it might be because the analogy just makes sense to me right now.
ReplyDeleteA Mama camel and a baby camel were talking. The baby camel says to the Mom,"Why do we have big feet with three toes? Why do we have such long eyelashes, and why do we have 3 big humps on our backs?"
The Mama camel looked at her baby and answered, "We have big feet, so that we may not sink into the desert sand as we travel. We have long eyelashes to keep the blowing sand out of our eyes, and we have 3 humps so that we may store water on our long journeys in the desert."
The baby then replies, "Ok, that makes sense, but then what are we doing, freezing here in the Toronto Zoo?"
Sometimes our life may seem like the baby camel's. We don't exactly understand why we are what we are, or even what we are to do. Sometimes we need to go back to the desert to discover our purpose. Lent can be equated to a desert. Some may think it is a barren place, but it is there that we can learn who we are -- without distraction.
~Deacon Larry Erpelding, 2/21/10; St. Thomas More, Manhattan, KS