Anglican Parish of Mt Vincent & Weston

A Note from Fr Keith – Lent 2A and 3A March 24, 2011

This period of the year is Lent – a time when we fast and remember with sorrow all the things we have done wrong. The colour of the season is purple, representing our sorrow and sins. But, Lent is also a period of waiting. We wait for the coming of the King on Palm Sunday. We wait for Holy Week, and we wait, with fear and sadness, for Good Friday. But mainly we wait for Easter Sunday, and the joy of resurrection. On Good Friday, Jesus dies for us and for our sins; but on Easter Sunday, our sins are washed away and eternal life is given to us.

So in Lent, we wait with sorrow, but also we wait in anticipation of the joys of Easter. Our Lent this year is busy: we have our Annual General Meeting, the Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival, and all the normal parish activities, as well as everything we do in our daily lives. Our Annual General Meeting is important, as we go forward as a new parish, and much more will be said in the course of that meeting about our future ministry. But at this stage in all this busy-ness we need to remember that it is a time of reflection, as we meditate on Lent and prepare ourselves for Easter. So try and find time for reflection, and to think deeply about the things of God. In that way, we also prepare ourselves to meet our Lord at Easter and beyond.