As the psalmist proclaims in this morning's Responsorial Psalm (Ps. 30:2,4,5-6,11-12a,13b):
I will extol you, O LORD,
for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;
you preserved me from among
those going down into the pit.
Sing praise to the LORD,
you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
"Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;O LORD, be my helper."
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
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i also feel that it is very important to strengthen our relationship with God throughout our entire lives in general, but especially during this special time in our faith. In the beginning of lent i told myself that i would go to mass every Sunday to help my relationship with God. However, saving homework and essays and studying for last minute on the weekends and having things to do around the house prevented me from attending Church the first 2 weeks of lent. Even though i didn't start out strong with my promise, i have been attending Mass the last 2 Sundays and i feel it has really been helping me to get closer and closer to God.
ReplyDeleteThough I am a devote catholic, I too find it hard to get to church on the weekends let alone go during the week. Is it really necessary to go to daily mass or is it fine to go on sundays or even routinely when you can.
ReplyDeleteI suppose its been awhile since a comment came to these old feelings. I felt compelled to comment on Lent on particular because as a child it was something I didn't really understand. Growing up now I know what this is now, but even so as I get older its stopped satisfying a part of my spiritual needs, a thought that disgust and even saddend the smallest part of myself. I think faith is such a beautiful thing, it's astonishing when you meet a person who has experienced and understood it all. However, somehow along my journey to here and now, I forgot what's it like to be awed by the simplest miracles, such as breathing. We as a generation are so focusedand eager for a sign we're quick to overlook ourselves. I admit even with acknowledging my existence in this cataclysmic place is not enough. While a man can live on faith alone, I live off waiting for faith in my lifetime. Either way the important thing is that I'm looking for God, maybe I'm not looking hard enough.
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