The First Sunday in Lent
In my post “Beginning Lent” I pointed to the very ordinariness of our daily lives as the place to look for Lenten treasures. For this first Sunday in Lent I want us to consider what is at stake in embracing this season as a season of repentance and suffering for the sake of growth in knowing and following our Lord Jesus Christ. We North Americans do not easily embrace suffering. Rather we run from it as fast as we can. A call to embrace suffering, then, will need a compelling rationale. I suggest that a conversation in Graham Greene’s "Dr. Fischer of Geneva or the Comb Party" offers such a rationale. Here it is for your reflection:
One character addresses another:
“Do you have a soul?”
“I think so,” the other answers.
“Well I’m sure you have a soul!”
“How do you know?”
“Because you’ve suffered.”
God bless!!
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