The season of Lent calls us to personal transformation—and sometimes transformation hurts!
C.S. Lewis, in his book Mere Christianity, uses a surprising analogy when speaking of transformation:
IMAGINE YOURSELFas a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.
But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.
You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but he is building up a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself.
During the season of Lent we are supposed to long for transformation! We know that change is often painful…yet we know it is for our own good. During these days let us aim to accept the changes and the challenges asked of us…with a joyful heart and a willing spirit!
Written by: Sr. Marie Paul Grech S.N.D.
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