Prepare for Lent
"Not by bread alone does man live,
but by every word that comes forth
from the mouth of the Lord"
Deuteronomy 8:3
The prophet's words from Deuteronomy serve as a
mantra for us Lenten pilgrims.
The challenge of this mantra is to strain to hear
the voice of God speaking to us in the noisy din
of our everyday lives. What we sometimes fail
to realize is that God speaks to us in many languages, in
many media. God speaks in every birth and in every death.
God speaks in every experience of love and in every
encounter with disaster. God speaks in the simplest act of
kindness and in the most complex miracle of nature. God
speaks in the brightest daylight and in the darkest night.
God speaks in our loves, in our discoveries,
in our disappointments, in our hurst, in our despair.
Let the Spirit of God open your hearts to hear every word
God speaks in your midst in the days ahead. May the pieces
of heaven in our here and now become bread for your
journey with Christ to Easter hope.
from Daily Reflections for Lent, Liturgical Press