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Lent - Week Two 2010
By Pat Lee | March 4, 2010
Thursday : March 4th , 2010
Readings : Daniel 9:4-10 Luke 6: 36-38
Scripture Verse: “Give and it shall be given to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over.” Luke 6:38
Reflection : It may feel like it is still quite some time away but when springtime comes, many of us will become gardeners. Many of us find something fulfilling as we dig in the earth, plant seeds and seedlings and nourish them with fertiliser and water for their growth. The plants rely on our care for their welfare. They can’t plant themselves, trim themselves or fertilize themselves. Once we accept responsibility for them, they become connected to our caring.
Our readings for today present us with a God who is compassionately connected to our growth. In the first reading from Daniel, we sense that the repentant nation of Israel stands in need of knowing itself cared for and nourished by God. The people have turned away. They have not listened. They need the compassion of God to raise them up again. Jesus tells us that we, his followers, are to be a people overflowing with care and compassion. Each person we encounter in our daily lives is to be treated with compassion and we are to the best of our ability to accept responsibility for caring for their well-being.
Lent is certainly a season in which we are invited to check on our sense of compassion. If we find that our attitude towards others has become hardened, we are invited to ask Jesus to help us to have a compassion that overflows.
The psalmist writes “May your compassion come quickly to us, for we are brought very low.” Psalm 79: 8
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