Preaching for the Second Sunday of Lent, Vivian Cabrera reflects on the dynamic between longing and doubt:
"Our hearts can tell us what our minds can’t comprehend. They urge us to stay. As we enter Lent this year, let us sit in the certainty of what our hearts tell us, these hearts that were created by God, for God. Let us cry out what the psalmist says: ‘Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call; have pity on me and answer me. Of you my heart speaks, you my glance seeks.’ It’s up to us to stay and wait…long enough to let the Lord show up and speak."
Vivian Cabrera is a writer and editor in New York. She attends the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University. Prior to her graduate work, Vivian worked at America Media as the assistant editor for digital media. Vivian’s writing has been featured in America, the National Catholic Reporter, and FemCatholic, and she contributed an essay to the book Interrupted Presence: Eleven Stories of Finding God in Times of Trouble.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03132022 to learn more about Vivian, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
