From the Chaplains

We continue on in the season of Lent. Every year during this season I think it is a great opportunity to stop and reflect on what our spiritual journey may be. Things in our life we want to change, giving ourselves more time or doing something which energises us.

In our chapel services last week, as the season of Lent was beginning, I encouraged the students in Years 3 to 12 to think about saying “no” to the voice which might make them feel small, wherever that voice may come from. I do not mean that moment of epiphany, when we see ourselves as small, in the scale of the cosmos and history – but rather, when we are made to feel small compared to others, when we are unable to celebrate who we are and what we have to offer. It is in this context which distinguishes between a good spiritual practice/discipline and a bad one, as a bad spiritual practice can make us feel small. Of course, this voice can come from someone in the playground, at home or all too often it is the inner voice we carry within.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for you if you want to give something up for Lent and don’t know what to let go of. Let go of that voice that makes you feel small, that makes you feel like you are not enough. Whatever your spiritual practice, good discipline will remind you that you are loved. If there is any bad behaviour or practice you need to work at changing or letting go of, you can practice changing that behaviour, or attitude, without needing to feel small.

Blessings on your spiritual journeys.

Reverend Lorenzo Rodriguez Torres

College Chaplain