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Fall in Love with God– The Ultimate Purpose of Lent
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is,
than falling in love in a quite absolute final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekend,
what you read, who you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in love,
stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
Father Pedro Arrupe (1903-1991) was from the Basque region of Spain. He served as the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. This poem shows that Lent is to be about reconsidering where our life focus is and reconciling ourselves to the love of God.