Lenten Meditations 2025
“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word…”
Ash Wednesday
Meditation by the Reverend Canon Susanna Cates
Canon for Formation and Vocation
Diocese of New Jersey
Many years ago, I visited Sonora Caverns out in Texas. During one part of the tour, we were far underground and the cave guide turned off all the lights. Immediately a blackness that was so complete it nearly had weight to it surrounded us. I couldn’t remember what our surroundings were. Were there stairs behind me? A rail? A shelf of rock? Or was all that in front of us?