A Message

The word Lent comes from the old English word — Lenten — meaning spring. No one is sure how the current 40-day structure originated, but it draws its meaning from the Paschal mystery. What is that? It is the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
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The period before Easter over time became a preparation for the great celebration of Jesus' rebirth from the dead. Spring signals the rebirth after winter as our earth travels around the sun. The moon is reborn approximately every 30 days. Human fertility cycles are often about the same length. But plants and other animals have varying cycles of new birth. Our days cycle from morning to night to the rebirth of the sunlight again.
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The Church year cycles around to Lent once more. How will we prepare for rebirth? How will we recognize it in our own lives? Do we have the courage to let go of some habit that might not be serving us and trust that, though we fear loss, God brings new life from the darkest places? Maybe we need to take up some new habit and reintroduce the sacred into our lives? Let us set off on these 40 days with faith and courage that life is always renewed and death and evil never have the final say.
Rev. Rick

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