Secret

All the cold, wet weather from the Camino Primitivo is gone.  It is sunny, dry and warm here on the Frances.  I walked to Palas de Rei today.  Much of the day I was mulling the gospel for today, which happens to also be the one for Ash Wednesday (Matt 6:1-6, 16-18)

In advocating the spiritual exercises of prayer, fasting and almsgiving Jesus urges that we do them in secret.  Now Lent is a lovely time of year to look at our spiritual lives and work on them.  But what about now? In the heat of summer, are we diligent in prayer? Do we fast with intention?  Are we generous with giving and sharing?  

The Lord invites us to keep it a secret.  It is not anyone else's business.  But for us disciples, he shares the secret to a rich life.  Pray. Fast. Give. They are a lovely path to walk.