A Lenten Journey
“Lent is a time when we relive the Passion of Christ. Let it not be just a time when our feelings are roused, but let it be a change that comes through cooperation with God’s grace in real sacrifices of self” (Mother Teresa of Calcutta).
Into The Desert
Into the desert . . .
I keep within my heart
a Lenten vigil
of silence and prayer
The contemplation
of Christ’s Suffering Face
become the atmosphere
for new growth in virtue
and blossoms into
His Love, Humility and
a charity
that branches out
into
an embrace of all the world
filling it with
the Fragrance of Christ
Behold . . .
how the Lenten desert
brings forth new life
each tender “bud” — the virtues
blossoms forth
beneath the Sacred Gaze of Jesus
from the Wood of His Cross.