The first reading for this second day in Lent is from the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Scriptures. In chapter 30 we read: "Moses said to the people: 'Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees, you will live and grow numerous, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy."'
God's desire for us comes from the depth of his heart. It comes to us in deep love and it is not forced ... never forced. He desires for us to live ... to choose life ... to accept him and walk in his way ... to provide an opportunity for his blessing to find a home within us. But the choice is ours ... always ours. We may find excuses and place the blame for our predicaments on others, but it rests with us.
Lent is our time of taking stock. We are faced with a choice. We are to look at the alternatives before us and, if wise with the wisdom of God, choose life and growing numerous and being blest and sharing the blessings of God with others.
Lent is a long season of prayer and fasting, gratitude and almsgiving, growth in holiness. Do not procrastinate in the invitation given in these first days to choose life or to renew our decision.
"Entrust your cares to the Lord, and he will support you."
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