First Sunday in Lent

We have embarked upon our Lenten Journey
     We have been marked by ashes
We have been marked with the cross
A reminder of our Mortality – and our Hope
We have begun this holy season
      Driven into the Desert – to take stock
Thrust into the Desert of Lent
     Where we can sync our hearts with God’s
            With God’s Desire for us
Like we sync our phone/ipod with our computer

The Journey we embark upon has a direction:
The Paschal Triduum
       The Three days Holy Thurs-Easter Sun
This is the Direction placed before us as church

In the Story of Noah & the Ark - the Rainbow
       is a sign of the covenant
An outward sign of an Interior reality
     When Exterior & Interior collide – there are great possibilitiesLike Exterior ashes & Interior Conversion 

     like striking our breast & recognition of sinfulness

The Old Testament Covenant Stories: 

     Adam & Eve

     Noah & the Ark

     Abraham & Isaac

     Moses & the Commandments
All are leading to the New and Eternal Covenant
      which we celebrate each Sunday
The Life / Ministry / Passion / Death / Resurrection
and Ascension of Jesus into spirit-filled glory:
The Paschal Mystery

Our Feast and our Direction
This Sunday – Every Sunday

Peace