May we all take the time this Lent to realize that there's nothing we can "DO" in fasting, penance, prayer, alms giving or anything else that will help us to "DESERVE" God's Love. We do these things to express the love we have for God that burns deep within us pushing us ever forward to know Him better, love Him more and trust and serve Him always! So often we feel there's a hole, something missing or lost deep within our hearts that beckons to be filled. Many try to fill this inherent void with worldly pleasures when in fact, the ONLY way it can begin to be filled is by the grace of God and WITH the Glorious Triune God of grace!
Take this lent, make it yours ... your offerings united to the Perfect and Holy Passion of our dear Lord can be given back to Him as a beautiful and pleasing gift. Strive to get closer to Him ... listen to the Still Small Voice in prayer with a pure heart as you say "Here I am Lord" .. and be open to the leanings of the Holy Spirit. If we are pure and humble in heart seeking to make Jesus a more Real Presence in our lives, trusting with the faith of a child, being obedient in love as Our Blessed Mother was and IS, how pleasing it will be do our dear Lord! Let us offer Him some small compassion, consolation and solace in His Passion as we unite with His most Sacred Heart in a way that only He can help us achieve. Let us love our Lord more fully with a lively faith asking for an increase and steadfastness in that same faith that we might always be ready to answer, help and strengthen our brothers and sisters in all ways that give God the honor and glory!
May you all have a truly spectacular Lent and be drawn deeply into His Passion that your joy at Easter will overflow your hearts with the peace, comfort, love joy and MERCY that only HE can give!
Prayer Honoring the Shoulder Wound of Jesus
Oh Most Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other Wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
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