Fairfield Prep Lenten Reflections

When was the last time you really examined how well you live according to the Ten Commandments?

We sometimes need to be reminded that we are intentionally making our Lenten sacrifices to enhance our personal relationship with God.

Today's readings remind us of how fearfully and wondrously we are made.

The Christian community in the necessity of one another: We’re better together than we are apart. 

God describes how when the heavens water the earth to make it fertile, God has given His word to humans to nurture and grow their own prayer lives

We can find God in our desires because God is the ultimate end of our human desire.

We must take responsibility for our own sins and our own righteous deeds – this is the magis.

Can we work to make fewer enemies so it is easier to love with God’s perfection? 

Generosity begets generosity, and an awareness of our own blessings leads us to share those blessings with others.

As God asks us to always help our brothers, he invites us to do this action in silence.

I like the idea of kindness. It implies action, much more so than its synonym “nice.”

Jesus strengthens us in the face of the many challenges and distractions we face in life which can push us off course.  

God loves us. Should we not offer the same grace to ourselves and to those around us? 

So often we put our time and energy toward things that do not fulfill us while ignoring and dismissing that which is life giving.

May we never tire of approaching Jesus with our question of love and forgiveness in our own lives.

We are all familiar with the phrase “actions speak louder than words." If we talk a good game, we need to back it up by our actions.

How carefully do we listen and carry out the will of God in our lives?

God wants the best for us which means learning from our mistakes and becoming better people because of it.

If there was hope for King David, so it must follow that there is for all of us.

I also see my role as educator but also modeling the many admirable characteristics of Saint Joseph to the young men before me each day.

As we turn to God with contrite hearts, we experience the healing and renewal that comes from a restored relationship with the Lord.

The importance of being able to focus on the word God and the actions that Jesus Christ performed for us is crucial to our lives as Christians.

One of the greatest challenges in our world today is combatting systemic and economic inequalities.

Indeed, the suffering of Jesus only makes sense in the context of love, a love so profound that it suffers into hope.

Today's gospel contains a universal message that transcends the Bible and even Christianity. And it boils down to this: nobody is perfect.

Today's reading reminds us not to be discouraged by the challenges that ultimately make our accomplishments meaningful.

God looks out for all of us, and we need to trust him in good and bad times.

I know that to be a better version of ourselves, for our world, and each other, we need to take make a positive change and care for ourselves.

We must spend this time on the holiest of weeks thanking God for the life we have and for recommendations on how to walk more like Jesus.

Through Jesus’ loving act of service, he gives his disciples and us a model to follow.

God wants the absolute best for us, something that can be hard to realize in our darkest times.

God not only gives life, but the confidence and tools to live life as he intended.

Jesus showed us how to be like God by letting go of our desire to be gods. 

Wherever you find yourself today, I challenge you to settle into the spirit of waiting and the quiet tension that comes with today.

In dying and rising, Jesus made it possible for us to do the same. To be born again, anew.