A Willingness to Be Transformed
As we prepare to enter into this, the holiest of weeks, our hearts are full of all that has happened since we began this Lenten journey. The commentary in a past Lenten missalette says: “Let us enter this week with hearts willing to be transformed again by a paschal love that has the power to lift us from the grave of sin and into the light and life that come only from God.”
“…hearts willing to be transformed again…” Transformation is hard work. All our prayers, fasting and almsgiving these past weeks have been to help open us up to our need and the world’s need for this paschal love. We know it is God who first loved us, who calls us to open our hearts to that love and to let it transform us and others. How difficult it is to understand and believe in such a love! And yet, this week we celebrate the fact that God sent the Son to identify with each of us in an unbelievable act of love.
Where I once celebrated weekday Eucharist, a blind man was also often present. At communion time he needed someone’s assistance to come forward. As I witnessed this and reflected upon it, I realized that this is what we are each called to do daily. Our words and actions lead others closer to the love God offers and we also rely on others to reflect the love of God they hold, back to us, for us.
As we enter into this Holy Week and the graced time of General Chapter that will soon follow, let us rejoice in the love of our God and of those whom we call our sisters and brothers.
Blessings this Holy Week!