Website of the Week
8th March: 3rd Sunday in Lent
NOT too late for Lent!
Image above of the Skelligs at sunset is by Kavanagh Photography
8th March: 3rd Sunday in Lent
NOT too late for Lent!
Image above of the Skelligs at sunset is by Kavanagh Photography
The title of this week’s Website of the Week is inspired by an Easter homily given 22 centuries ago by St John Chrysostom, preaching on the parable of the workers in the vineyard:
If any have wrought from the first hour, let him today receive his just reward. If any have come at the third hour, let him with thankfulness keep the feast. If any have arrived at the sixth hour, let him have no misgivings; because he shall in nowise be deprived thereof. If any have delayed until the ninth hour, let him draw near, fearing nothing. If any have tarried even until the eleventh hour, let him, also, be not alarmed at his tardiness; for the Lord, who is jealous of his honour, will accept the last even as the first.
What if I'm past the midpoint of Lent and not much is going on? I began with the best of intentions, but I am not sure what I'm doing or what I want to be doing. Can my Lent be "rescued"? Can a six week journey be completed in the remaining next two or three weeks - waiting for my heart to be open? Of course, the answer is “yes.” It doesn't take long for God, when we are ready.
The first step to beginning again has already begun, if I have the desire for something real during Lent.
The superb Creighton Online Ministries website offers some very simple guidelines to help give Lent a new start in the days ahead.
If any have wrought from the first hour, let him today receive his just reward. If any have come at the third hour, let him with thankfulness keep the feast. If any have arrived at the sixth hour, let him have no misgivings; because he shall in nowise be deprived thereof. If any have delayed until the ninth hour, let him draw near, fearing nothing. If any have tarried even until the eleventh hour, let him, also, be not alarmed at his tardiness; for the Lord, who is jealous of his honour, will accept the last even as the first.
What if I'm past the midpoint of Lent and not much is going on? I began with the best of intentions, but I am not sure what I'm doing or what I want to be doing. Can my Lent be "rescued"? Can a six week journey be completed in the remaining next two or three weeks - waiting for my heart to be open? Of course, the answer is “yes.” It doesn't take long for God, when we are ready.
The first step to beginning again has already begun, if I have the desire for something real during Lent.
The superb Creighton Online Ministries website offers some very simple guidelines to help give Lent a new start in the days ahead.