Sharing the Word

The Church chose today’s date to honor St. Peter, father of the church in Rome. Peter’s fatherhood persists in the person of the pope.

If we take Lent seriously--here and now today--and pay greater attention to God and our neighbor then the Lord will pay greater attention to us.

Repentance is not just a matter of engaging in penitential practices. What is pleasing to God is looking after your neighbor in need. That’s what real repentance is all about.

Lent is a time of re-enforcement of our decision for God. It is a time to weed out what keeps us from him, to strengthen what we need to stay strong in him.

No one is exempt from the call to repentance simply because there is no one whose heart is already fully in tune with the Lord.

God loved his creation too much to wipe it out simply and universally. Whenever God punishes, there is a dimension of mercy. It is so still with us.