From Our Pastor: 1st Sunday In Lent

As we begin this Lenten season the Gospel takes us into the desert with Jesus. Remember these next 40 days are the desert for us. What was the desert and the number 40 meaning for the Jewish people? The number 40 and the desert are both times of trial, tribulation and formation. God uses the 40 days of Noah on the ark in the desert of the water as a trial and time of reforming the world. God uses the 40 years in the desert of the Israelites wandering as a time of trial and reforming His people. There are many instances of 40, but you get the hint. Where all of these instances of forty the people were not faithful, Jesus’ 40 days in the desert are to show us how to be faithful in time of trial and reform. Allow this Lent to be a trial. Make your Lenten practices tough. Allow this Lent to be a time of reform of your life. Be faithful to your Lenten practices. See how God draws us into the wilderness, so that He can strengthen us for the passion to bring us to the resurrection. Be intentional. Don’t give up. IF you fail in your practices, start anew immediately! Never give up. Choose the Lord this Lent.

Please pray for myself and the team and candidates as we enter into Cursillo #366.

- Rev. Steven Arisman