40 Shades of Lent by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Fourth Week in Lent, 02 April 2025 Isaiah 49:8-15 + + + + + John 5:17-30
Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people to restore the land and allot the desolate heritages… I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level… Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you (Isaiah 49:8, 11, 15).
Many times I find myself like your people in exile, O God: so far from you, so far from home, so far from my true self all because of evil and sin, of my refusal to love you to love others and worst, my refusal to acknoledge your love in me.
Like your people exiled for so long from Israel not knowing the way back, I too, am afraid at times to come home; this Lent, help me find my way back home to you, Lord; help me find my way back to you in prayers; help me find my way back to you in finding you among my brethren; help me find my way back to listening to you again in Jesus Christ your Son (John 5:24) so I may pass from death to life. Amen.
