Lent. are we ready?

                                                   Brisbane Flood, February 2022

Brisbane Flood, February 2022  

For anyone who knows Brisbane, my hometown, this picture portrays utter disaster for the local population.  After days of of previously unknown levels of rainfall, Toombul Shoppingtown, my local mall, went under as never before seen.  Beyond the sad losss and great suffering experienced by the people, the great tragedy is the failure of successive Australian governments to acknowledge climate change  

Lent has surely begun.  With the First Sunday of Lent, we heard the story of the temptations of Jesus in the desert.  There are three, each telling us something about God.  With his firm response to the devil, Jesus denies the opportunity to be either relevant, powerful or spectacular in the ways of the world.  Rather his way is the way of  the humble Christ, who shows us the face of God, loving, gracious and merciful.  

Let us remember this hidden, unassuming God, as we ponder the message of Pope Francis for this Lent.  Let us not grow tired of praying; of uprooting evil from our lives; of doing good towards our neighbour.  Let us go deep within and pray, and ever do good for our brother, our sister, our planet.  Let Lent roll on.