Those looking for a rich study this Lent in preparation for the paschal mystery would do well to consider Greenacre and Haselock, The Sacrament of Easter.
Liturgy closes the distance between our own time and the events of salvation history, and our identification with those events is an essential part of how this takes place.
The New Testament suggests that there is nothing more paschal in character, than the transitional moment represented by our repentance and God’s forgiveness.
