Lent, Baptism & Mary: A Shared Soul-Shaping Mission

Back in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI made Baptism the focus of his Lenten reflection, reminding us that no matter how many decades ago we were baptized, the sacrament still speaks into our lives today and "informs the entire existence of the baptized, imparting divine life and calling for sincere conversion; initiated and supported by Grace, it permits the baptized to reach the adult stature of Christ." Every Lent is intended to be a recovery of the significance and the saving, soul-shaping power of this sacrament in our lives.

In fact the whole of Lent is ordered to baptismal grace, "A particular connection binds Baptism to Lent as the favorable time to experience this saving Grace," Benedict says, "The Lenten journey finds its fulfillment in the Paschal Triduum, especially in the Great Vigil of the Holy Night: renewing our baptismal promises, we reaffirm that Christ is the Lord of our life."

More here: https://gen215.org/2012/02/baptism-mary-a-shared-soul-shaping-mission/

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