Dear Lord,
Sometimes it’s hard to hear you in the busyness of our daily lives. Other times your voice is loud and clear, especially when we are still and waiting for you.
During Advent as we eagerly awaited your birth, I heard your voice in the joyous music and Eucharistic celebrations. I heard you in the Angel chorus in Bethlehem.
Now we are approaching another period of waiting. Our special Lenten prayers and practices are our way of speaking to you. In the waiting quiet of Lent, I hope to be able to hear that whisper that tells me you are there. Our Lenten waiting becomes a time of deep sorrow as we follow you on your way to the cross. I hear you as your beaten face is wiped by Veronica. But you never really left us. You arose from your burial cave to be with us again. Your voice is heard in the joyous music of Easter and the happy greetings of friends and family. In the beating of our hearts we hear your voice clearly saying: “I am always with you.”
Jane H. Strauss,
Roman Catholic Church of the Incarnation
Charlottesville, Virginia
Sometimes it’s hard to hear you in the busyness of our daily lives. Other times your voice is loud and clear, especially when we are still and waiting for you.
During Advent as we eagerly awaited your birth, I heard your voice in the joyous music and Eucharistic celebrations. I heard you in the Angel chorus in Bethlehem.
Now we are approaching another period of waiting. Our special Lenten prayers and practices are our way of speaking to you. In the waiting quiet of Lent, I hope to be able to hear that whisper that tells me you are there. Our Lenten waiting becomes a time of deep sorrow as we follow you on your way to the cross. I hear you as your beaten face is wiped by Veronica. But you never really left us. You arose from your burial cave to be with us again. Your voice is heard in the joyous music of Easter and the happy greetings of friends and family. In the beating of our hearts we hear your voice clearly saying: “I am always with you.”
Jane H. Strauss,
Roman Catholic Church of the Incarnation
Charlottesville, Virginia
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