During the season of Lent, we come together in a spirit of penance, conversion, and renewal. We acknowledge our faults and struggles to be the people God calls us to be.  At the same time, we ask for healing and guidance to live our vocation as children of God.  Lent gives us a wonderful opportunity to look at who we are and where we are headed. More than anything, it gives us an opportunity to remember God’s immeasurable love and mercy for us. Regardless of what we may have done, regardless of that secret part of our lives that no one knows about, God loves us enough to bring us to life with Christ. Through the sacrifice of the cross, we are reconciled with the Father and with one another and become no less than God’s “new creation.”

May God bless us on our Lenten journey of penance, conversion, and renewal. In the shadow of the cross, let us be people who build God’s kingdom into a reality of charity,  justice and peace … always mindful of God’s immeasurable love and mercy in our lives. 

+Michael P. Driscoll
Most Reverend Michael P. Driscoll, MSW, DD
Bishop of Boise