When I was in Kilmovee Parish, an astro pitch was developed close to the parochial house.
Shortly after the pitch came into use, I met a man from the parish. I’d say he’s well into his thirties now. He asked me what I thought of the pitch and I said I liked it very much and that I was happy to see it being used so much. I knew he was one of the ones that used it. “There’s only one thing wrong with it”, he said. I couldn’t imagine what that might be so I asked what it was. “I wish I was fifteen again”, he smiled! I knew what he meant. He’d love to have had that facility in the parish during his teenage years.
That’s where I think we start Lent 2025. Is there a place or time we need to go back to? A time we might wish for when things were different, perhaps even better?
That’s where we go today, in the quietness of heart and with Spirit renewed to reclaim what we might have lost and live again the fullness of our Faith potential.