Dearest Sisters,
In this year in which we are celebrating the Centenary of the Pauline Family, we are now begin-ning our Lenten journeya time that will be characterized by more intense listening to the Word, con-templation of the style of God (which is revealed in weakness and poverty), and a rediscovery of Bap-tism. In fact, the Gospel readings for Year A were used from earliest Christianity to express the stages of Christian initiation and the significance of Baptism as water gushing forth for eternal life (the Samari-tan woman), light (the man born blind), and new life (the resurrection of Lazarus)…
