Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Isaiah 49:8-15
On this Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, the words of Isaiah echo with tender power: “I will never forget you.” As we journey through Lent, we are invited to fix our eyes on the future promised by God—a future not marked by uncertainty, but by the “favourable time,” the “day of salvation.” This day is not distant or abstract; it is made visible and real in the Cross of Christ. In Jesus’ self-giving love, we see the fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecy—a God who remembers us even when we forget Him, who binds Himself to us with an unbreakable promise of mercy. The Cross is not simply a symbol of suffering, but the definitive revelation of divine love—a love so deep, so enduring, that God declares, “I will never forget you.” Lent, then, becomes our time to embrace this love anew, to return to the heart of God who, in the suffering and resurrection of Jesus, says to each of us: “You are not forgotten. You are mine”. Lent calls us to receive that love with open hearts, to trust that even in our brokenness, we are not forgotten but eternally held in the compassionate gaze of the Father. Lent is believing that I will never be forgotten by God.
Don Giorgio