REFLECTION
Ricardo
Martín
METANOIA 2.0
Ash Wednesday inaugurates a new season of Lent. Lent
can become an anecdote, a missed opportunity, if we do not become very
intentional about it. The forty days of Lent are an invitation to change.
When Jesus calls us to “metanoia” he is not only
calling us to “repent” (as we will hear when a cross of ashes is drawn on our
foreheads), but also to change. Metanoia means change, change of heart,
conversion (if you prefer a more religious language.) Repentance seems to be
only one step in the process of change, and it connects directly with sin when
we may be asked to change things that are not necessarily sinful. Repentance
also seems to reflect about the past, a past action, and change is a reference
to a hopeful future.
