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Greetings!,
Below, you'll find a reflection for this coming Sunday, March 4, the second Sunday of Lent. The reflection is from author and Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Megan McKenna who wrote it for Pax Christi USA's Lenten reflection booklet in 1988. This year's booklet, by Colleen Kelly, is entitled From Ashes to Resurrection, Dust to New Life: Reflections for Lent 2012 and is available for purchase by download on the PCUSA website.
We have also set up a page for Lent 2012 on the site where we will archive reflections throughout the season and organize additional resources for individuals and groups, including prayers, prayer services, action opportunities, and information on undertaking a Way of the Cross event for Good Friday. You can find the reflections for Ash Wednesday and the first Sunday of Lent, in addition to other resources, on the Lent 2012 page by clicking here. More resources will be posted in the days to follow.
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REFLECTION FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
March 4, 2012
By Megan McKenna, PCUSA Ambassador of Peace
 The thought of God testing us is terrifying. To be singled out, to have our mettle and our hearts laid bare is awful. We will see what we will not sacrifice, not trust to God, not hand over. Abraham was a friend to God, and God wanted all of Abraham: his child, his future, his name, his trust, even in the face of impossible demands that seem to destroy his dreams and contradict even God's earlier promises. Nothing is spared, nothing left to Abraham. And Abraham obeys.
Lent calls us to listen, to obey and to offer in sacrifice all we are and have. And, in that obedience, others will see through us to the glory of God.
Peter, James and John are privileged to pray with Jesus, to go off alone together. They catch a glimpse of glory and want the world to go away. They want to settle down and put up tents. But their plans are abruptly interrupted; instead they are told to listen -- to listen to God's beloved child. To listen is to obey like Abraham, like Jesus handing over life to God. Obeying transfigures our lives and radically alters the future. Abraham was given a nation and an unbelievable future. Jesus was given back life, glory and power...
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