Saturday: Fourth Week of Lent

Coming to his senses he thought,

‘How many of my father’s hired workers

have more than enough food to eat,

but here am I, dying from hunger.

I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him,

“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I no longer deserve to be called your son;

treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’

So he got up and went back to his father.

While he was still a long way off,

his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.

He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.

Luke 15: 17-20

Since there are just two weeks left of the Lenten Season, it is a good idea to ask the question: “How am I being this Lent?”  With the focus on God’s calling and God’s grace, each of us can look at our response, not simply in terms of our actions, thoughts and words, but more centrally in terms of who we are, and who we are becoming, at this time of the year, and at this time of our lives.

Lent is always a time which invites personal reflection and personal energy on behalf of the spiritual journey. Whatever an individual focus or awareness may have been in the past four weeks, it is never too late to make the decision to contemplate and deliberately begin to focus.

In the love of Jesus, 

Father Lenny Zamborsky  

March 21, 1999

For Reflection:

The parable of the Prodigal Son reminds us that it is never too late to change directions if we find ourselves on the wrong path in our spiritual journey. God’s compassion embraces each of us no matter where we have been or how far away we have wandered. We need only to come to our senses, become aware, re-focus and ask.

How are you being this Lent?

What decisions have you made that caused you to be lost for a time? Or when have you been so focused on something that you want – that you lost sight of what you had become?

In what ways do you need to come to your senses?

What steps can you take to re-focus, and become more aware of what it really means to take care of yourself?