![]() ![]() ![]() Paul reminds us, participation in the passion, death, and burial of Christ must come first. Everyone is called to be remade into the comprehension and participation of the creation and Resurrection.īut as St. Lent, as a time of penance and self-examination, should be viewed as an awakening out of a wintry night into the Eastern dawn of the world and the Word. In spring men enjoy a lengthening of days, increasing light, and an unveiling, or even remaking, of the world. The word “Lent” is rooted in a word for springtime. ![]() (Romans 6:3-4)īurial with Christ in baptism is part of the Christian experience, and provides a fitting reflection for Lent. Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death? For we are buried together with him by baptism into death that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in the newness of life. The interconnectivity of life and death, however, is paramount to any understanding of Christianity-which understanding is beautifully portrayed in a well-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Just as baptism and burial are seldom associated with one another, neither are a duckling and the Resurrection. ![]()
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