Sunday, February 10, 2008

Lent 2008 - Sunday (Week 1)

"Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise."



This week we pray for a renewal of our lives.

We are beginning to be more attentive and alert.

We are trying new patterns.

The difficulties we encounter keep us humble.

Our desire is clear.


We want the "self-sacrificing love of Christ" -
which brings us mercy and healing - to be "reproduced in our lives."


In our journey, we seek to savor the meaning of Jesus' self-less love,
that we might reflect that love to others.


At the end of our journey, we will renew our baptismal promises.


Dying with Jesus in baptism, we have a new life in him.


Today, we desire nothing less than God's re-creating us -
breathing new life into us.