Lent
We begin each Lent begging for the blessing of forgiveness. God longs for us to return to him with our whole heart. For without such repentance we remain tormented by the question, "Where is our God?" God has not cast us out of his presence; rather, he desires us to "become the righteousness of God." The Father "who is hidden" waits for us to pray, "A clean heart create for me, O God?" Then the way that we reach out to reality to become one with it will reveal God's saving Presence in every circumstance, "The joy of our salvation" begins today.
"Gracious and merciful is the Lord;
let us turn to him with our whole heart."
