White as Snow

Isaiah says it quite directly in the First Reading today - "Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord". Lent is a time to set things right; to be aware of how we have wondered off-center, maybe we need to improve our prayer life or our relationships or our control of self.

Isaiah uses the image of our sins being as "white as snow".  I'm not sure which storm it was of the last several, but there was a morning that it was just gorgeous. The sky was blue and everything was coated with white. As we know, a couple of days after the storm it doesn't look so good anymore!

Maybe our spiritual lives were white as snow and have become a little tarnished. Lent is the season to set things right!


Monsignor Daniel Hoye