Homily for the First Sunday of Lent
February 18, 2024
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Genesis 9:8-15
Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:12-15
The covenant between God and Noah symbolized by the rainbow foreshadows the covenant between God and the Church; the waters of the flood indicate the waters of Baptism – they bring life not death; the ark symbolizes the Church. Just as Noah and his family received refuge in the ark from death by being carried upon the waters of the flood, so, God offers us refuge in the Church from the death of sin and its punishments by carrying us upon the waters of Baptism that open for us the gates of eternal life.
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