My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, peace be with you as we continue our Lenten journey. We keep our focus on our final destination: to be with God forever. In the first reading from the prophet Isaiah, God reminds us that he has prepared something beautiful for us. He says: “I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind. Instead there shall always be rejoicing and happiness” (Isaiah 65:17–18). No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, nor the sound of crying.