Lent, to me, is about reestablishing perspective. How big is God. How small am I. In my sinfulness, I do not think of Him as much and as often as I should, yet, would He fail to think of me for an instant, I would disappear from existence.
This Lenten season starts for me with a gauntlet of activity, and I am exhilarated even as I am steeled for the difficulty.
Ash Wednesday
I need to rise early tomorrow so I can go to Mass and get my ashes. One of the advantages of working an evening shift is that I won't be seen by many. This helps to fight any vanity that could creep in.
It is pretty much a known fact that the PACE Catholics (Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Christmas, Easter) like to adorn their ashes with great fanfare as if to say 'Look at me! I'm so holy!'
It is important for me to say to my Savior, 'yes, I know I am dust. Help me be always humble''
Thursday
Up early again, interview with Steve Cunningham of Sensus Fidelium!
Friday.
Big day today-
Up early to do 'Common objections' with Ken Litchfield.
First Friday Mass on the First Friday of Lent!
On to work, to do a double shift.
Perspective is everything and the only perspective we need is the firm knowledge that all things exist within God's active will and His passive will and that a person sincerely reaching for God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength, cannot fail to reach him, not merely despite all the obstacles but often because of them and through them.
Do I really believe this? Trust me. If I didn't, I couldn't face the day.
A person needs purpose to drive him on. When only God and heaven is his purpose, only then is he truly free. Lent is about breaking chains, and I can't wait to get started.
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