"Lent is a time to pay attention to where in my life am I falling short of being a force of love in the world? Where am I lacking in the generosity I ought to have? Where am I not being as merciful and attentive to my neighbor as I should be? And usually what gets in the way of our loving is our distractions and false attachments, we don’t have the right priorities. So how can we see that we have misplaced priorities and then do something to try to correct them? I think there’s a central part of spirituality that is focused on that. But it’s also important to recognize that Lent makes sense because we have a good world in which we live, the world is a beautiful place, it’s a good place and human beings are good and we realize all of life is a gift." - Professor Stephen Pope #LentatBC