Repent this Lent

We’ve been looking ahead to the Third Sunday of Lent this week and a warning from Jesus, “Repent - before it is too late.”

We heard the parable of the barren fig tree; the landowner is tired of waiting for the tree to produce fruit (it’s had too many chances already). He wants to chop it down! However, the gardener pleads its cause and buys one more year to tend the tree, provide what it needs and trust that it will finally deliver the goods.

Like the tree, we are called to live fruitful lives. Lives that contribute to a just world. One of the ways we can recognise the need to repent and change our ways is through an Examination of Conscience. We explored with the children this week how to take a good, hard look at ourselves in readiness for Easter.