Four Short Daily Sermons from the Start of Lent Ashes remind us that we will die. Lent is a time to do penance that purifies us and brings us into closer union with God. It is a privileged time of grace when we must hear and heed the divine call to works of mercy.
Are we not in a similar situation as the Israelites of old even who faced the seemingly invincible army of Holofernes? There are truly many forces arrayed about against us. For those with eyes to see, it is truly harrowing, and yet we have the weapons for victory: such as the prayer, fasting, the Holy Sacrifice and the priesthood, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. As Judith indicated, this is not for our destruction but for our amendment. These things are less than we deserve! Lent is now here. Let’s do our part, so she can do hers.
