[Meditation at the Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, for the 2015 Lenten Season.]
* Introduction: St. Patrick, as a role model for spreading the gospel in Christ-like fashion.
* The three main practices of Lent: fasting, prayer and alms-giving.
* These practices are more than mere “activities”: they are part of an atmosphere lavished in “piety.”
* Piety (in latin: PIETAS) is more than devotion:is the language of love that characterises the relationship between parents and children.
* It is in such an environment of PIETAS that we are able to grasp the deep sense of Christ’s teachings from the example he gave us in his own “lent,” that is, in his time in the desert.