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2022 Lenten Reflections

Saturday, March 5


The Gospel might have us ask: do we know any tax collectors or sinners? That question and its obvious answer cuts close to the bone. But the readings ask not only about ourselves as imperfect beings but also point to the nature of God in relation to our radical range of spiritual needs.

The psalm speaks of the divine “abounding in kindness.”

In a book of that title, Sister Elizabeth Johnson develops “the overflowing compassion of the living God, engaged with the struggles and suffering of the world.” We cannot escape God’s merciful love. God’s loving kindness embraces us no matter what.

Picture God’s abounding kindness embracing you?
Do you know anyone abounding in kindness?
Can you picture yourself abounding in kindness? (Why else Lent?)
 
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Magnificat High School, a girls' Catholic college-preparatory high school, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, educates young women holistically to learn, lead, and serve in the spirit of Mary’s Magnificat.