Collect for Second Sunday Lent Year B

 

COLLECT SERIES

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COLLECT 

The Collect for the Second Sunday of Lent Year B reads as follows:

 

O God who has commanded us to listen to Your beloved Son,

Be pleased we pray, to nourish us inwardly by Your Word,

That with spiritual sight made pure,

We may rejoice to behold Your glory.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

 

In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:

 

• How do I listen to Jesus- the beloved Son of God?
• What time do I give to being nourished by God’s Word currently?
• What time do I commit to this week/month/during lent to being nourished by God’s Word?
• If God called me today/tonight would I be ready to receive His inheritance.  What parts of my life would be unprepared?
• How often do I think of my heavenly inheritance and strive to live accordingly now..

GOSPEL REFLECTION

The Gospel for today is from Mk 9;2-10.    It is the Gospel of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor.  It is not coincidental that the Church has chosen this reading for us during Lent. 

 Last week, on the first Sunday we heard the temptations of Christ and are asked to consider our own temptations.  We too can overcome temptation when we ask for God’s help.

 

This week on the Second Sunday of Lent we hear the Gospel of the Transfiguration.  We are reminded that we are living this life now so that we can receive the glory of Heaven.  This is our homeland and hopefully our final destination   This Gospel should fill us with hope and with joy.  We are invited to be transfigured with Jesus as we listen to Him.  We may wish to consider how often do we truly listen to Jesus.  Perhaps our prayer life consists of many intercessory prayers for others and for ourselves.  This is wonderful, but what is more wonderful is being in the presence of the Lord allowing Him to speak to our hearts and being immersed in His love..   

 

Dwell on this Gospel this week and allow Jesus to speak to you in your heart.  Let us be filled with joy as we contemplate being with Him for ever.  If our relationship with Him is lacking or wanting, this is the favourable time to do something about it during Lent.  This is the time of salvation.  Let us repent and believe the Good News.

 

May we continue on our Lenten journey filled with hope.