LENT OUR FORTY DAYS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF REPENTANCE AND SELF SACRIFICE..............

Today, Catholic-Christians Worldwide start an excursion of 40 Days of acknowledging and eradicating the presence of sin and selfishness in our lives during the Season of Lent.  As Disciples of the Suffering Servant Who is the Savior of Humankind, we falter and fail on our own due to our fallen human nature and its inclination to cause us to stray from what is right and just in our relationships with The Divine God and with other Humans.  Thus Lent, calls and allows us to discover and undergo what St, Paul scripturally proclaims in 2 Corinthians to be the, "Acceptable Time", to Repent of our Sins, and through acts of Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving, rend our hearts of self absorption and insensitivity, and re-establish our relationships of caring and sharing especially with generosity and outreach to the poor and less fortunate.  Ash Wednesday opens the door and refocuses our opportunity to, "Turn Away From Sin And Be Faithful To The Gospel", some of the words used as ashes are imposed on our foreheads today, signifying that we are penitents setting out on the journey of Repentance and Conversion anew.  How will this Acceptable Time of Lent impact and change your relationships with God and Others ?..............Father Troy David