A Leaven In The World . . . Lent: Invitation To Contemplate Death
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK We contemplate the death of Christ at every Mass before receiving His risen Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist. We know and profess this to be true. Faith can and must grow, however. Perhaps nothing spurs us to lean on the Lord through our faith as much as accepting in an ever deeper way the fact of our own death — which indeed will happen one day; we just do not know when.The season of Lent leads to the victory of Resurrection and life at Easter, but it is the death of the Lord which makes that possible. We focus upon His self-offering on the cross more during this most important penitential season than…Continue Reading