Lent is a stimulus program in which we invigorate and intensify our faith, hope and love.
It draws upon the infinite merits and graces already deposited by Our Lord, Mary and the saints. It does not borrow from the future, with anxiety and forebodings; it gratefully receives from what has been accomplished 2000 years ago and since.
It does not stimulate consumption, but simplicity, austerity and gratitude. Aware of the infinite abundance of God’s Kingdom, it draws us into stark desert vulnerability and poverty where we luxuriate in the gratuity and exuberance of Love.
It provides us with work in the way of multiple opportunities for deeds of kindness and generosity; there is a surplus of such employment; not lack of jobs.
It is an economy of abundance and surplus and hope: as we open ourselves to receive more, we are able to give more; as we give, we are opened up to receive more. There is no anxiety, worry, sadness or resentment here; there is joy after joy, love after love, hope building upon hope, and gratitude issuing perpetually into praise and adoration.
This is a stimulus program that will do more than rebuild the global economy; it will redeem the entire creation.
Our God is good!
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