Reflect on the words of the Gospel.

Respond by sharing your response to the question with others!

What is the WORD that stirs in your heart and mind?
Write it down.
Hold it. Savor it. Let it enlighten an experience,
relationship or issue in your life.

THEME: Lent calls us to transform our lives.

Luke 13:1-9
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply,
“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!
Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them— do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”

And he told them this parable:
“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard,
and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree
but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’
He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future.
If not you can cut it down.’”

Question for Children: What person makes my life joyful and good? Have I thanked God for that person?

Question for Youth: What person makes my life joyful and good? Have I thanked God for that person?

Question for Adults: What changes can I make in my daily life to atone for my past sins and failings and to help me do better in the future?