This homily was given on March 1, 2017 at St. Pius X Church, Westerly, R.I., by Fr. Raymond Suriani. It is available in audio form only.
To listen to it, click here: Ash Wednesday 2017
Here is my poem ...
Lent
Forty
days of interruption
To lives
grown comfortable:
Lives
built on shifting sand,
Instead
of solid rock.
It’s a
journey through the desert,
To
confront both self and sin,
And
renew a sacred friendship,
Or raise
it from the grave.
It’s a time
for introspection,
For
charity and prayer:
Look in,
look out, look up—
To forge
love’s holy bond.
It
requires perseverance,
And
sincerity of heart,
To stay
the course and not give up,
When
that temptation comes.
For those
who make this journey,
And let
the season bear its fruit;
These
forty days will always be
A most blessed
interruption.
