{"id":6400,"date":"2026-02-26T14:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:44:33","slug":"second-sunday-of-lent-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/second-sunday-of-lent-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Sunday of Lent: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollsisters.org\/sisters\/sister-teresa-hougnon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teresa Hougnon, M.M.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Sunday of Lent<br>March 1, 2026<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/030126.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen 12:1-4a | 2 Tm 1:8b-10 | Mt 17:1-9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Lenten journey is a time to take a long, loving look at why we follow Christ. With prayer, Scripture and reflection time, we go into the deepest part of ourselves where we connect with God. It is in this place where we find our \u201cwhy,\u201d our passion, the deep inner spark that is our indwelling of God. In that space is love, hope, and peace, the peace that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/01\/closing-holy-doors-pope-continues-to-call-for-peace-service-mercy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a> says in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/20251208-messaggio-pace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Day of Peace message<\/a> \u201cwants to dwell within us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The readings of the Second Sunday of Lent tell of the Transfiguration. Jesus goes out to the mountain side with Peter, James and John. He is transfigured in the apostles\u2019 eyes, with Elijah and Moses. Peter wants to build a tent, but a voice comes from the clouds, \u201cThis is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.\u201d In <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/2timothy\/1?utm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timothy<\/a>, we are reminded that God called us to this holy life through grace. Ours is only to embrace God\u2019s love, hope and peace that already dwell within us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our context today, peace and hope seem to be small glimmers in the face of hatred, violence and fear that is being waged against our immigrant brothers and sisters and anyone who stands as their neighbor. As we seek the unarmed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/09\/use-wealth-for-peace-not-war-says-the-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disarming peace<\/a> that Pope Leo has presented us, we need to reflect on the peace within us and what we can learn from our own God-given agency as God\u2019s beloved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kenya, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2017\/09\/promote-peace-kenya-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I worked with my sisters and the people of Kenya<\/a> to restore peace in the communities that had suffered post-election violence characterized as ethnic conflict. We gathered people in small groups to have conversations about the events that had taken place and their hopes for peace. We believe social change cannot happen without personal change. We recognized that we had in each group both victim and perpetrator. Indeed, there is a bit of both in each of us Pope Leo talks about a disarmament of the soul. We cannot possibly find disarming peace in the world if we do not begin with our own inner self. I was reminded of this every time we gathered in our small circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one such circle, the third in a series of six with the same group, a woman who had been very reserved, expressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/10\/from-prison-to-forgiveness-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deep anger<\/a> she was feeling. She was angry because she and other participants were not being honest in their sharings. She recognized that nothing would change without honesty and openness. By expressing her anger, she was disarming her own heart as well as other participants. We need a safe space to express all our feelings that block our capacity to connect with each other. Once she was able to express that anger, she engaged more fully with other participants. And the space was open for others to do the same. That community in Kenya, called Molo, has not experienced such post-election violence since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I experienced intense rage when a loved one was challenged by injustice. With reflection, I realized the intensity of my rage went beyond this one incident. I had not allowed myself to feel the rage in me in response to the injustices happening around our country, against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/10\/cardinal-mcelroy-calls-for-solidarity-with-migrants-lacking-legal-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigrants<\/a> and citizens alike. I wanted only to cling to hope. Once I was able to recognize deep rage within me, I could use that energy to call for justice and make room for real hope, and the disarming peace that dwells within can be used to engage a world of injustice that needs the disarmament of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scriptures remind us, as Abraham\u2019s descendants, we are made to bring blessings to the nations. We can do that by disarming our hearts and minds with as Pope Leo says, \u201ca peace that is unarmed and disarming, humble and persevering. It comes from God who loves us all unconditionally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maryknoll Sister Teresa Hougnon, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy of West Point, New York, and Army veteran, joined the congregation in 1996. She served in East Timor as principal of a newly reconstucted high school and then in Kenya as part of a peacebuilding team. She currently serves as president of the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2021\/12\/maryknoll-sisters-new-leadership-respond-to-the-signs-of-the-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership Team.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-xftej\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-xftej \"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-xftej\" data-id=\"eb-row-xftej\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-lxmkv\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-lxmkv \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-lxmkv\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>Questions for Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your personal life, how do you maintain peace<br>and hope amidst so much suffering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When have you experienced righteous anger?<br>How can you tell? How can you utilize that anger<br>at injustice to bring about heaven on Earth?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-kvjsu\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-kvjsu \"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-kvjsu\" data-id=\"eb-row-kvjsu\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-9lgni\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-9lgni \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-9lgni\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Jesus, when you multiplied the loaves and fishes, you<br>provided more than food for the body, you offered us the gift<br>of yourself, the gift which satisfies every hunger and quenches<br>every thirst! Your disciples were filled with fear and doubt, but<br>you poured out your love and compassion on the migrant crowd,<br>welcoming them as brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Jesus, today you call us to welcome the members of God\u2019s<br>family who come to our land to escape oppression, poverty,<br>persecution, violence, and war. Like your disciples, we too are<br>filled with fear and doubt and even suspicion. We build barriers<br>in our hearts and in our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Jesus, help us by your grace,<br>\u2013 To banish fear from our hearts, that we may embrace each of<br>your children as our own brother and sister;<br>\u2013 To welcome migrants and refugees with joy and generosity,<br>while responding to their many needs;<br>\u2013 To realize that you call all people to your holy mountain to learn<br>the ways of peace and justice;<br>\u2013 To share of our abundance as you spread a banquet before us;<br>\u2013 To give witness to your love for all people, as we celebrate the<br>many gifts they bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We praise you and give you thanks for the family you have called<br>together from so many people. We see in this human family a<br>reflection of the divine unity of the one Most Holy Trinity in<br>whom we make our prayer: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To read other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Featured image: Women and other parishioners from the Vingini community gather for food distribution at St. Anthony Catholic Church in the town of Kibwezi, Kenya. 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