Lent: Week Five Continued

As people, it can be difficult to surrender to community.  We want to belong at church, and yet we are hesitant to let go of ourselves enough to become a part of the group. How many of us sit next to people at Mass every week and have never talked to them?  How many of us know others at church by face, but we've never asked their names?

Taking the first step toward intimacy is the hardest, and yet, remembering the Gospel metaphor, only through letting go can we experience freedom.  Dying to our anxieties and fears about intimacy will yield the fruit of true community, strengthened relationships and new friendships.

During this fifth week of Lent, where our initial Lenten energy has been spent, I challenge you, as I challenge myself, to be open to the people around you.  Say “hi” to someone in the parking lot after work.  Ask someone how their day went, and then stop and listen to the response.  Mean it when you say, “I love you” to someone you hold dear. 

Living community is hard, and yet, living community is what it means to be a Eucharistic people, to be Catholic.  Join our community as we struggle to be Christ for one another!

 Fish Fry

Friday, April 7

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

St. Augustine’s Parish Center

Wilson Avenue & First Street SE

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