Monday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Isaiah 65:17-21
“No more will the sound of weeping or the sound of cries be heard in her” (Isaiah 65:19)—this tender promise reveals the heart of God’s desire for His people: not only to forgive, but to heal; not only to cleanse, but to restore joy. On this Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, we are invited to enter into that vision of newness. God is not simply erasing the past—He is creating something altogether new: new heavens, a new earth, a new heart within each of us. The sorrow that once echoed through the streets of our lives—the weeping caused by sin, by loss, by fear—is silenced by the mercy of a God who makes all things new. Through Christ, we are offered the grace to become a new creation. Lent is the sacred season when we allow that transformation to begin. Through repentance, prayer, and acts of charity, we take part in this transformation. Let us not only long for the day when no more cries will be heard, but let us also become people who dry the tears of others, who carry peace instead of judgment, and who, renewed in Christ, become living signs of the world God is already bringing to birth. Let’s reflect: Lent is the transformation of heart to be part of new heavens and new earth which God created in Jesus.
Don Giorgio