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Catholic Charities USA
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Readings of the Day
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How long do we have to journey in the wilderness before we get into
the same attitudes as the children of Israel? The present global
situation is pretty bad and largely just beginning. February 25, 2020,
the day I agreed to write this Lenten reflection, there were just 57
cases of coronavirus in the United States and of those, 40 of them
connected to the Diamond Princess cruise ship. One brief month later,
the U.S. became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are in a global wilderness without answers. We are roaming in
decisions about adequate supplies, essential businesses and jobs,
school closings, social distancing, personal health, agency resources,
and more. Likely, many of us arrived to this pandemic wilderness
already tired, and our patience worn out. Today's readings
remind us to contemplate our response.
Let us pray, "O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to
you. Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress." When
we are overwhelmed and cannot grasp what is going on in the world,
with our clients or in our own lives, let's look toward what we
do know. At Catholic Charities, we know the command to "love the
Lord your God with all your heart and soul" and to "love
your neighbor". We have the examples of Moses and David seeking
God. They cry out from the pains of their own heart, and they plead
with God for their neighbors.
In the Gospel, Jesus makes the bold statement of not belonging to this
world. What does that even look like? What does that look like now?
What does that look like in this season of Lent?
The best part is Jesus' reminding us: "When you lift up the Son of
Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with
me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to
him."
Jesus was not alone. And neither are we. Let us go back to God, and do
what is pleasing to Him.
Malissa Geer serves as Sr. Director of Community, Faith and Volunteer
Engagement for Catholic Charities Community Services in the Diocese of
Phoenix. Her team focuses on securing volunteer, in-kind and
partnership resources for their mission work to serve the most
vulnerable with solutions that permanently improve lives. She enjoys
community development, teaching, supporting dreams, and loving God and
people - especially her daughters Elliot (18) and Aldyn (16).
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