Our first reading for this Sunday uses the word “covenant” five times. It can be one of those words that we might have some sense of what it means. A more clear word is relationship. God created us out of love and fondly desires to have a loving relationship with everyone. Sadly, some of us in our formative years heard a lot about a God who could get angry, was inclined to judge us and would not restrain Himself from punishing us. This Lent is a great opportunity for us to spend some special times sitting with God and letting God say to us over and over that we are God’s beloved.