Forgivness Sunday

                                                       

 Forgiveness Sunday.

I love Forgiveness Sunday.  Everything we need to know is right there.  We are all sinners, and by the way, I am the worst.  We learn that we have the gift of repentance that we can turn and live by loving and forgiving our brother.  It's a short journey and we begin as we end, in the resurrection of Christ where the bonds of death can no longer hold us captive.  Nothing now can separate us from the love of God.  Here we are on this forty-day journey and in the end we begin where we end at the cross and the life-giving tomb.  Beautiful.

Please forgive me, the sinner, because I know my actions and thoughts have had far reaching effects.

Christ is Risen!

Just a Word About Lent

Sin.....A big word, and in some circles, a very bad word.  It's a word that has suffered from popularity and from disuse.  I like the Orthodox view that sin as us missing the mark.  We are off target and need to aline the site better, perhaps, to hit it straight on.  In Lent we are asked to repent, and try hitting the target better, which might be why we are to give alms more, and try loving those around us more.  Lent is like a little school for us to learn to rely on God, and love our brother more.  We have to wake up to the truth and action of the Gospel.  Lent is just the time to start moving toward that target.  We get all our tools ready: fasting, prayer, alms giving, and we go out to love.