Mardi Gras is this week, which also means that Ash Wednesday and the 40 Days of Lent are upon us. I don’t know about you, but often times Lent sneaks up on me. By that I mean that I tend to not know what I am going to give up for Lent before Ash Wednesday. Some years it took me a day or two into Lent to figure that out. Just like with most things, the better we prepare for Lent, the more we enter into this great penitential season, and we experience a better Easter.

In the second reading we hear how St. Paul shows Jesus as the New Adam. What does this mean? Let’s unpack this deep and rich way of viewing Christ.

The first reading from the prophet Jeremiah tells us something interesting regarding the spiritual life. In a nutshell he is telling to us not trust any person, even ourselves. Who we should trust is God alone.