Photo was taken at Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co.Cork (Irl)

As we head into the first full week of Lent, our photo today takes us back to a lighter moment during the week on Pancake Tuesday.

Thought on Sunday – February – 26/02/2012

The following reflection is by Jane Mellett called “Embrace the Wilderness, LIVE LENT”

Today’s Gospel sends us out into the wilderness. And it’s good. The text says that it is the Spirit who drove Jesus (not literally!) out into the wilderness, therefore it is God who is in control here. It may be an uncomfortable situation ‘with the wild beasts’ but wilderness can be a great thing. We often have to remove ourselves from the hum drum of daily life so that we can breathe a little. It’s a bit like a stock take. What’s here? What’s here that shouldn’t be? What’s missing?Lent calls each of us to transform our lives and our relationships with the world around us. We won’t automatically wake up on Easter morning transformed. It takes time, it takes practice. But we are KINGDOM PEOPLE, building, transforming and working in solidarity. With so much to do, we must take example from the first Sunday Gospel of this transforming season and allow ourselves to be led, like Jesus, ‘into the wilderness’.
LOVE LIFE; LIVE LENT; TRANSFORM YOUR WORLD.