A Latin spiritual journey with discerning hearts, from ashes to glory.

Day 27. Do you want to be made whole?

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 65, verses 17 through 21.

Thus says the Lord, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth.

Be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating.

No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of

distress. Coming out of the healing light of La Terry Sunday, we are reminded today that God is not only

restoring us, he is recreating us. In Isaiah's vision, we hear God's promise of a new heaven and a new earth,

of a world where joy replaces weeping and life springs forth in abundance.

This is not simply a promise for the end of time,

but something God wants to begin in us now.

Lent is not a pause button on life. It is a preparation for mission.

After Christ heals us, he sends us. He opens our eyes not just so we can see, but so we can

respond to live with deeper purpose, clarity, and love. The graces of prayer, fasting, and

almsgiving are not only meant for our interior transformation, but to flow outward into

our relationships, our work, and our service. But renewal isn't always easy. Sometimes we cling to the old habits, hurts, or fears that

Jesus is inviting us to leave behind. We say we want the new, but resist the letting go. And yet

Christ comes to us gently and persistently, offering a new beginning, not based on our past failures,

but on his enduring love. St. Ambrose, the great teacher of the church, encourages us in this hope.

God does not look at what you have been, but at what you will be.

From the desert fathers,

Abba Elias reminds,

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