Following his clear-cut 'God first' standoff with the devil in the desert, the Second Sunday of Lent follows up with the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain (Luke 9:28-36) wherein His glory
summons us to obedience and fidelity.
In the midst of life he call us and
summons us to him.
He encouraged those who kill or inflict harm on others to listen to their conscience and the voice of God 'that
summons us to do good and avoid evil.
Promoting Peace and Stability
summons us to serious conversations about our levels of international assistance, the way we welcome and accompany refugees and build partnerships for peace in the Middle East.
Even as this poem
summons us to let our tears flow, the very
The second
summons us to become who we are called to be: daughters and sons in that household.
"Bill
summons us to dream greater dreams," Pomerleau told NCR, "to achieve more than we think ourselves capable of doing.
Rain upon flowers or the drinking of dew, without love, remains mired in its "sillon oublieux." The feast of telluric being yet endlessly
summons us to rise up to partake: "des graines de crepuscule/emplissent l'assiette"; bees, glow worms, sunflowers, even dung and urine shower upon us their alchemical fullness.
This is a celebration of the mountains we have climbed and the mountains before us, and it
summons us to the mountaintops of the past and the mountaintops of the future.
Lent
summons us to face down the forces of evil and live in harmony with all even the untamed, and open ourselves to the experience of divine love and holiness even in the wilderness of our own society.
And celebrating the sacrifice of the Eucharist
summons us to stand in solidarity with the world's scapegoats and sacrificial victims.
Dorothy Stang
summons us to a more robust Christianity.
It
summons us to a global Eucharist at which no one is hungry.