Readying Ourselves for the Desert
I was very fortunate to be able to speak at Adore at St. Anne last night. Adore is a monthly Holy Hour on the first Wednesday of the month at St. Anne. It features a guest speaker, praise & worship music, Eucharistic Adoration, and Benediction. I was asked to share some thoughts on getting ready for Lent. Below is my talk. I hope you enjoy. ________________ Readying Ourselves for the Desert If you’re like me, you can’t believe Lent is only a month away. It seems like we just finished putting up the Christmas decorations and pulling out the green vestments for Mass. Soon violet will dominate the sanctuary, and we will enter the desert of Lent in preparation for Easter. Often times, we think of Lent as preparing ourselves for the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we forget that Lent is its own journey...