Second Sunday of Lent

This week we will look at our human experience with suffering and death. We struggle with how, when, and why suffering and death occur in our lives—this may be the hardest question we ever have to confront. While we will never make full sense of it, this week’s reflection on the Transfiguration helps us understand that a future glory awaits every experience of suffering and death.

As the second week of Lent begins, meditate on the Cross, the point where our suffering intersects with Christ’s sacrificial love.

This reflection from Messages of Trust for Lent, originally published by Ave Maria Press, was reprinted with permission of the authors, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran. For more parish resources, visit https://www.rebuiltparish.com/.

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