Saturday arrives quietly.
The week is over. The results are mixed. Some intentions have held; others have not. And Lent, unbothered by our progress, continues.
Saturday offers a gift we rarely give ourselves: enough.
Enough effort. Enough honesty. Enough faith for now.
Lent is not impressed by perfection. It honours persistence. God is not tallying successes; God is shaping hearts.
Before the next Sunday comes, we are invited to rest — not from Lent, but within it. To receive grace. To begin again.
This, too, is part of the discipline.
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Companion Prayer
Merciful God,
Receive this week as it is.
Where we have been faithful,
give thanks with us.
Where we have faltered,
meet us with grace.
Teach us to rest in your mercy,
to begin again without fear,
and to trust that you are patient
with our becoming.
Amen.