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At the beginning of the Lenten season, we are filled with
fervor and enthusiasm. We have many noble ideas, beautiful plans and laudable
goals. We want to do many things. We want to achieve many things. We want to
begin many devotions, abandon many vices and reconcile with many people. At the
end of the Lenten season, we may realize that we achieve very little or
nothing. The Lenten season of this year, the Lord invites us to do just one
thing- one thing necessary.
The rich young man had many things. He observed many laws.
But the Lord told him: “there is one thing lacking” (Mk 10:21). Just one thing
lacking! Is there one thing lacking in my life? One thing that only God can
provide?
Martha was doing so many things at the same time. The Lord to
her: “Martha, you are worried and
distracted by many things. Only one thing is necessary” (Lk 10: 41). Do I
neglect the one thing necessary in my life?
The Psalmist said: “there is one thing I asked from the Lord,
for this I long, to live in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, to
savor the sweetness of the Lord, to behold his temple (Ps 27:4). What is the one
thing I am asking from the Lord in this holy season of Lent?
After getting involved in so many things, St Paul asserted: “
this one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward
the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil
3:13). What is that one thing I want to do during this lent?
The man who received his sight from Jesus emphatically
affirmed: “there is just one thing I know, I was blind but now I see” (Jn 9:
25). What is the one thing I wish to know during this sacred season?
The Lord is asking us for one thing. Look for one door that
leads to all other doors. Ask for one blessing that contains all blessings.
Acquire one virtue that holds all other virtues together. Abandon one vice that
facilitates other vices.
God is the one person necessary. Heaven is the one thing
necessary. This should preoccupy our minds during this holy season of lent.
