Life is fragile. This morning I will attend the funeral of a once energetic, vivacious, loving and generous wife and mother who died suddenly on March 5, Ash Wednesday of a massive coronary at the age of 49. My own mother died at the same age on March 5, 1955 of cancer.both too soon. A plane with 239 people crashes in the South China Sea, presumably killing all aboard. How quickly life can change! Similarly, life can be restored, a positive change can turn things 180 degrees in an instant, as when Peter found new life after his denial when Jesus forgave him and he made the threefold affirmation of his love. Zacchaeus's life changed completely when Jesus invited himself to dinner at his house. The woman taken in adultery found new life when Jesus forgave her.
Lent is the time for this kind of contact with Jesus the Healer of our souls. Our prayers and sacrifices are steps to this kind of conversion if they flow from the heart and not simply from rote or habit. Mary pondered things in her heart; she shows us the way to the healing hand of Jesus. May she help us today as we follow our Lenten observances to make them be foundation stones to a deeper, more real Christian life.
Bro. Rene
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