+ We begin to focus in today on some of the theology of the season: we
hear Isaiah speak of restoration done by God for love of his people in the
first reading today, and we hear Jesus speak in the gospel passage of resurrection
to a fullness of the triune life of God – as he speaks of his own relation to
the Father, a relationship that he offers those who believe in him!
We oftentimes take for granted
the heart of the mystery of our salvation because we have “heard about it for
so long a time,” and we have been members of the Mystical Body for generations
– unfortunately it is easy to miss the wonder and the amazing reality that went
on and continues to go on for our redemption.
The words spoken so many years
and centuries ago are just as meaningful today: GOD [the Triune God] LOVES US!
Even if we have gone way off the beaten path and consider ourselves forsaken by God, he says to us: can a mother forget her infant, be without
tenderness for the child of her womb? [This seems to be the ultimate
impossibility.] Even should she forget,
I, your God, will never forget you: for I have carved a home for you in the
palm of my hand!
What a comfort this is, what a
joy this is to know that no matter what we say or do, God is always ready to renew
his covenant with us and to breathe the life of forgiveness and grace back into
us! May the rest of our Lenten observance have to do with the recognition of
our need to recognize God’s love as he wants to give it to us and to rest
simply, vulnerably and trustingly in the
palm of the hand of God our Father – we will not be disappointed!
The Lord is gracious and merciful!
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