Another Month Bites The Dust

   I'm hearing the old Queen song, Another One Bites The Dust, as I think about the fact that it is so close to the end of the month of February already.
   With the end of the month comes the end of a week and half of Lent. We are that much closer to celebrating Easter.
   The seasons are really beginning to shift as well. Even though we still have the potential for a fair amount of snow, the days are getting longer and warmer and the sun is coming out earlier and remaining longer.
   Everything seems to be moving toward the earth shedding its cloak of winter and assuming the mantle of spring. I saw some of our flowers beginning to come out of the ground yesterday and it looks as if some of our trees and bushes are beginning to show signs of budding.
   Everything is changing, getting ready to show new life.
   That is what Lent and Easter are all about as well.
   Throughout the Lenten season, we should be shedding the death that we often wrap ourselves in and showing more new life. Easter is the pinnacle of the celebration of New Life and we will not be ready to celebrate it if we do not go through some personal metamorphosis.
   So this little post this morning begs the question: How IS your Lenten journey going anyway? Are you finding it easier to turn your back on sin? Are you finding it easier to turn toward the Lord and His light? Or do you still find yourself bogged down in sinful ways?
   If you do, console yourself with the fact that there are quite a few weeks left to the season yet. But do not get too carried away with that thought because the time is flying and Easter will be here before we know it.
   Tomorrow is the last day of February. Monday is the first day of March.
   Only one month later, the first day of April, begins the Triduum with the celebration of Holy Thursday.
   If your Lenten journey is off to a slow and rocky start, use this opportunity to regain some momentum. If your Lent is going well to day, make the most of it and continue.
   All the best to you today!