Father brought today’s meditation into his homily for the second day of Lent. He told us the reflections we’ve been hearing come from The Circling Year, and he wove today’s meditation right into his sermon so gently that it felt like it belonged there all along.
He said Jesus did not walk into His Passion like someone forced—He walked forward because He loved us. Father spoke about Him leaving the Last Supper and going into Gethsemane, step by step, choosing love the whole way. When we look at Christ’s suffering as a lesson in love, Father said, it helps us carry our own small crosses—especially the ones that test our patience—without turning hard inside.
On the ride home in Robert’s pickup, the heater hummed softly while the fields lay gray and still. Mini sat warm on my lap, tucked against my coat. Sister Mary Claire said Lent teaches us not to step around hard things, but to walk with Jesus through them. Even shadowy places can grow bright if we let His love in.
Robert said he offers his long workdays for people who are struggling, and that remembering Jesus chose love makes ordinary work feel holy. That made me think about my own quiet sacrifices.
As we turned into the farm lane, I felt calmer. I want to walk this Lent step by step—choosing love, even when it costs something.
Love, Kathy
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