Current memento.

How far am I from God? How do I live my faith? Am I a Christian only in church? At the end of time, Jesus will separate, “He will put the sheep on the right and the goats on the left!”

The Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore brought back not-very pleasant impressions from his travels in Europe. He claims that in Europe he encountered Christianity on Sundays and holidays and paganism on other days of the week. He did not see the connection between religion and life in Europe. In many ways, the Church is perceived more or less as something decorative, an ornament for life. He, therefore, acquired the conviction that faith becomes only a memory of the past, of the cult of ancestors, it is not actively accepted today, it is not approached in time, and what is said about it is not drawn from it. He did not have the feeling, from meetings with Christians, that faith is something that enriches. All this is because even though people say they are religious, they don’t live according to it. They also believe in God and serve mammon.

The experience of this philosopher is a challenge for us to make a transformation in our spiritual life during Lent. Lent is a time to reanalyze your life as a Christian and give yourself an answer to questions of such content: How far am I from God? How do I live my faith? Am I a Christian only in church? A sincere return, an inner transformation during these Lenten days of renewal, may it lead us to the mountain of Transfiguration to experience our inner transformation. We get to know the experience of prayer, reception of the sacrament, and other values ​​offered by the Church when we find enough time for them. The inner experience of faith cannot be gained by running, hurrying, calculating a limited time, calculating… The event from the mountain reminds us that neither the natural nor the supernatural plane should be underestimated when experiencing a transformation. The experience of transformation must presuppose two worlds: human and divine.

The world needs a different experience than the conclusion of the last decade of the twentieth century. Between 1990 and 2000, wars killed up to 2 million children, 27 million ad, and cults and 35 million people had to flee their homes. The study further states that in the 1990s, they registered 56 wars (armed conflicts with more than 1,000 casualties) in 44 countries.

Who is on one side, and who is on the other side? Who is the sheep, and who is the goat? Wars are not just about killing with guns. Who is he murdering spiritually? Where do we want to go after the trial? We decide for ourselves today. Isn’t Lent my war with me? We certainly remember such facts that should cause pain. God in human flesh, Jesus Christ, came for a different life and different experiences. It is time to contribute to other experiences in our lives during Lent.