Day 2
What is Your Heart's Desire
Reflection by: Anonymous

Be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20

I'm old enough to remember the St. Raphael masses that were held in what is now the gym. We used overhead projectors to project the words to the songs within the mass. The parishioners in the first row would dutifully change the overhead sheets as the song progressed.

One of the songs that has stayed with me over the years goes like this:

Lord, teach us to pray.
It's been a long and cold winter kind of day.
With our hearts and hands so busy,
And our private little wars,
We stand and watch each other now on separate shores,
We lose the way.

It is the image of the separate shore that fills my head. I see Jesus standing by a body of calm water. He is looking over the water, over the horizon. He is not turned in my direction. But of course, He knows where I am. He turns his head in my direction. He is far enough away, I can't quite see his eyes. I want to get closer to really see Him, but I don't know how to get to him. I've lost the way.

He extends his arm out to me. His hand reaches for me. All I need to do is accept the invitation. I need to take the step toward reconciliation. He is always there for me, ever inviting me to be reconciled to God.

Journey on my Lenten friend. Christ is with you.