Monday in Lent III - Penance
The process of healing or being reconciled is also a coming of age, a taking of responsibility for our lives. Negative guilt and anxiety can often hold us in a prison which in a paradoxical way can be strangely congenial. As long as I am locked in this state I have the perfect alibi for not engaging with life. We need great trust in God working in us as we allow ourselves to live and discover the freedom that is the other side of all the brokenness that has hitherto cramped and even paralyzed our lives.
Wilfrid McCreal was one of Britain’s best known Carmelite friars. He was a well-known broadcaster and author, and a significant supporter of the ecumenical movement.
