God desires eternal life for the whole world.

This passage from John holds the heart of the Gospel that God loves us so much that he would send his Son to save the whole world. It is his longing, his vision, his greatest desire that each and every one of us would let him love us into eternal life.

What would happen if our neighbours felt this longing through our love for them?

Imagine if our families, friends, and neighbours knew us as Christians who overwhelmingly wanted them to know God’s eternal love and life. All too often, we delight in judging others, feeling superior, hoping for those who hurt us to get punished. In these last weeks of Lent, let us offer our sacrifices especially for those we find hardest to love. May we long for the salvation of the world as much as God does.

God who so loves the world, draw us into your longing for the salvation of all people. Find us at the edges of our own irritation and injury, praying and sacrificing for the salvation of those we find hardest to like. To love as much as you love, merciful Father, we pray to the Lord.

Taken from CCCB Reflection
Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

Christ crucified the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Sometimes we get too familiar with our Christian story. We forget how radical it is to say with Saint Paul in the second reading, “We proclaim Christ crucified.” Saint Paul reminds us that Christ crucified reveals the true
power and wisdom of God. God’s love is stronger than death itself.

In the middle of whatever crosses we bear, we are the people, the followers of Jesus, who believe that he makes life rise out of death. This is the source of our hope in every season. Whatever pain or grief we bear, loss we’ve suffered, or violation that threatens to consume us, God wants to work the dying into rising.

Lent is the season where we practice drawing near to Jesus in the midst of our struggles, fears, and weaknesses. We do not glorify or seek suffering unnecessarily; we practice becoming attentive to his presence in our trials so that when we need to seek him, we remember how.

Loving God, draw us close to you in this Lenten season. May we witness the power of the cross and proclaim the conviction that Christ is close to us even in dark or difficult days. Together as a community of faith, we trust that you will draw us close to you and into a daily experience of the resurrection. May our sacrifices and gifts during this season of Lent make us constantly aware of your presence with us. Amen

Taken from the CCCB-Reflection
Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

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Life is what is before us right now.

One of the great values of Lent and other seasons of suffering is how they illuminate the present moment. When the disciples want to make camp on the mountaintop, Jesus doesn’t know what to say to them knowing that they
were frightened. Following this, a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.”. When God calls to Abraham, the response is, “Here I am.” Listening to God’s call is an essential discipline.

We need not fear or worry about whether we like or dislike what God is asking. We need to be attentive to God’s call and respond as Abraham did. God is faithful, and we have this present moment to respond.

God of the Mountains, you call us to climb hard paths, to glory at the summit, and to descend again to continue our mission to love.

Keep us focused on the life that is before us, with our hands and hearts open to the gifts that lie right in front of us. Amen.

Taken from the CCCB-Reflection