In the season of Lent believers are advised to abstain from sin, go for confession often, commit to fasting, as well as ‘giving up’ certain luxuries in order to replicate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ’s journey into the desert for 40 days.
The gospel reading of the third Sunday in Lent tells us of the story of the encounter between Jesus Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well.
‘The Samaritan woman appeared at the well at about the sixth hour (late in the evening) because she was hiding from her sins but Jesus found her out’, said Fr. Wisdom
The season of lent strongly encourages us to give up on our sins. To the tepid souls who keep postponing the date when they would return to the sacrament of penance, the gospel reading tells us to draw from the living water Jesus offers, to reconcile us back to the faith.
‘Every form of unhappiness springs from the wrong condition of the mind’, said Fr. Wisdom
Happiness is said to be mental harmony, while unhappiness is mental inharmony. When one lives with a wrong condition of mind, he’ll struggle to meet up with his obligations, just like the Samaritan woman who had had affairs in the past with five (5) different men and still, couldn’t get it right.
‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’ [Matthew 11:28]
The season of Lent avails us a special period in the phase of our lives to ask God for the strength to return to Him, to seek His mercies all the time due to our many sins and to knock on the door of favor, blessings and grace expecting a reply; and surly, our Lord never fails.
Selah.