Lent is a time of a change
of heart. It is a time of turning
our hearts toward God in a more intense way.
The image of the desert
goes back to early Christianity and to the desert fathers and mothers. It goes back even
before this to Moses and the Hebrew People and the
Exodus.The desert is not as barren as we would
imagine. It supports all kinds of life. However, in the desert, we come face to face with our
own life and try to see life as it really
is and how we are called to live because in the desert
there are no distractions.
Being in a desert with a
group of people, would call all of us to work together
and thus forget our own agenda. In the desert, we come face to face with God and ask ourselves how we live
by God’s law, the commandments, and by
Christian values. In the desert
we turn to prayer because
we know we cannot live our lives alone but must rely on
God. In the desert we acknowledge our limitations and our
need for others.
As we continue our Lenten
experience to Easter, let us go into the desert to seek
God and to be filled with God that we can truly pray and
live the life of the Spirit and
truly rise to new life
with Jesus at Easter!
Sr. Barbara Woeste, OSB
Dear Sister thank you for this post. to find the desert, where it is silent, where the water is more precious than gold, where the only things that happen are the sunrise, the wind's strength, the heat, the cold night. Our memories our company. Thank you God for giving us so much in our lives, amen God bless!
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