Daily Lenten Reflections

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Wednesday of the First Week

Reflection

Think of someone you dearly love. Now, imagine something’s gone wrong between you. Your visits have been short and conversations strained and curt. For the life of you, you can’t figure out what’s happened, what you have done to deserve this treatment. So you wait for this person to open up and talk with you, but a wall of silence starts to build between you and you find you’re drifting apart.

Today’s readings act for us as Jonah did for the Ninevites, a voice breaking through the clutter of daily activities and responsibilities, reminding us to consider if we are moving toward or away from God. Saving a relationship requires repentance. Repentance is not saying you’re sorry, though contrition may be involved. Repentance is recognizing that your current way of thinking and acting toward another is taking you away from what you truly love. It is having the courage and strength to turn back around and ask, “What can I do to heal what’s gone wrong?”

Prayer

God, help me find the courage to put my blinding pride aside so that I may return to Your love.

Jeffrey Adams, Professor of Psychology

Scripture
First Reading: Jonah 3:1-10
Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19

Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

Daily Scripture readings can be found online at the USCCB website

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The Mission of Edmundite Campus Ministry at Saint Michael’s College is to share the Good News of the Gospel with the College community by facilitating encounter with Jesus Christ. We do this through the celebration of the Church’s Liturgy, in programs promoting knowledge of the Catholic faith, by developing ecumenical and interreligious relationships, and providing retreats and other opportunities for personal spiritual growth.

The Catholic and Edmundite tradition upon which the College was founded is grounded in the conviction that all women and men are created in the image and likeness of God providing a special dignity unique to each person. Such dignity requires human life to be respected in all of its stages recognizing that we are all children of God.

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