Lent Day 29, Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021

“Wear Extravagantly Green”

On this St. Patrick’s Day, for those of us who enjoy all things dress-up, such as Halloween, New Year’s Eve, casino nights and dress-up parties, today is our day. The Challenge is to wear extravagantly green clothing. It’ll be fun to participate and even better to explain when we’re able: we’re accomplishing a Lenten goal by making a sacrifice!

What sacrifice do we make today when we wear green? We want to stand out. We want the attention. We want people to be curious enough to make a comment, thereby allowing us the opportunity to respond and give them a smile as well. We don’t need to be professional scholars to be Generous and share the joy of God. We only need to have a desire to love God by Generously loving other people with the color green, the color of new life in the Church.

St. Patrick’s Day was founded upon the good faith and works of the original St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland. Several hundred years ago, the traditions honoring St. Patrick crossed the oceans and landed in Boston. Since then, we’ve added shamrocks, leprechauns, green beverages, and green clothing to help bring some fun in the middle of the Lenten Season.

Lots of folks will be dressing in green today. Those of us who are not dress-up people don’t understand why the rest of ya’ll want to make a spectacle of yourselves. We would rather stay quiet, in the background, unembarrassed and tending to our own business. However, those of you who can stand the attention will Generously share joy and life with others today. You have an excuse to wear something outlandish, while in the process, teach the rest of us how to share the joy of God by helping other people enjoy their day.

Today is the day! Share the joy of God and Wear Extravagantly Green!

“I walk before the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm 116:9)