Perhaps, like me, you have been inspired by the remarkable athletes competing in the Sochi Winter Olympics this year. No matter the sport – skiing, skating or snow boarding - these athletes represent the best of the best. They exemplify dedication, endurance, discipline. These men and women are icons of sacrifice and mastery, keeping their eye on the prize. They are all winners in my book, even when they fall short, because they gave it all they had to see what was possible.
Lent is a season of quiet reflection, of atonement, of reconciliation with God. We ask God to create in us a clean heart, a right spirit. We pray for the joy of God’s saving help and renewed spiritual sustenance. Paul’s passage seems to encourage us to pursue our relationship with the Divine with the same disciplined intent as the athletes, to be focused on living into the gospel through daily thought, word and deed. In this way, we proclaim God’s love to all through our living example. Giving it our best effort, we see that we are all winners in the kingdom of heaven.
— Aileen Loranger
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