Forty Days to Greatness

I have a love-hate relationship with Lent.  Each year, I dread its coming, yet by the end of the season, I am renewed.  The truth is, I know I need it.  I know I rely on the world, material things, and comforts more than I should.  Pope Benedict XVI said, “the world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort.  You were made for greatness.”  The only way to obtain the greatness for which we were made is by total reliance on God.  Lent is necessary in order for me to decrease so that God can increase in my life.