The movie 'Wonder Woman' and the end of Lent

And she does. She climbs out of the foxhole and charges onto the battlefield.  Within moments the Allied soldiers are rallied and follow her. As I watched this scene, I smiled to myself; thinking back to another movie and another leader:  William Wallace in the film "Braveheart".  Wallace tells Robert the Bruce, “but men don’t follow titles. They follow courage.”
  
Courage comes from the French word for heart, cour. Whatever your resolutions, commitments or promises you made on Ash Wednesday, they all came from your heart.  Even though they may have been merely routine, it still takes courage to follow through.  Or perhaps this Lent did not go so well; whatever that means to you.  But it takes courage just to begin.  Could it be that Ash Wednesday falling on St. Valentine’s Day this year was God’s gentle reminder that Lent is the season of the heart just as much as Advent and Christmas time?  

So, what will you do with your heart’s courage now that Lent is ending?  While you may not like the idea of women involved in combat, Wonder Woman’s words before her charge into no man’s land could still be part of the answer.  Consider the following prayer litany as you head towards Holy Week.
When Wonder Woman charged into battle, she did what she could with what she had.  That was her grace of the moment.  “It’s what I’m going to do” is a dangerous prayer.  But it is also the prayer that can begin the adventure of a lifetime.