Lent we know is about deepening intimacy with Jesus. In our Gospel coming up Sunday, Jesus invites Peter, James, and John into his prayer. What a gift! We too can be invited into Jesus' prayer, for he wants to show us his Father. The key is we have to listen. We must be still and listen. This is easier said than done however. Like Peter, we prefer to be doing something or building something.
Hence our invitation this Lent is to just "be" with the Lord, to be still and know that he is God. This kind of trust, leaning Into the heart of God and trusting even when we don't feel consoling graces, pleases the heart of God greatly. We are loving the Giver more than the gifts. And in the depths of our being resound these same words, 'You are my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased." Let us please the heart of God this Lent by our focused listening.
-Fr. Anthony Wieck, SJ
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