The 3 Rs

There is a priest I know who many years ago delivered a sermon on the first Sunday of Lent that began with these three words: “Reform, repent, reconcile.” I don’t remember much else about the sermon that day. But I will never forget that priest or those three words.

On a snowy Monday in Alexandria, when all the world is quiet -- or at least it seems quiet for short periods of time -- it’s useful for me to think of those words and immerse myself in the call to holiness.

-- Pat Jones