Lent with the Saints: Leonard of Port Maurice
Numbers 21:4–9; Psalm 102:2–3, 16–18, 19–21; John 8:21–30
Today’s First Reading, with the sign of the bronze serpent lifted up to cure snakebitten Israelites in the desert, parallels Jesus’ statement in the Gospel that when he is “lifted up” on the cross all will recognize him and his mission from the Father. These passages put me in mind of the popular lenten devotion of the Way of the Cross.