“Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.”                                  -St. Teresa of Avila For Reflection: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being “not at all”, and 10 being “totally yielded”, where am I with regard to giving everything to Christ? What one step am I willing to take today to move forward? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line to discover why it is important to yield to Christ more and more each day.)

In Conversation With God Vol 2 - Lent and Easter Francis Fernandez-Carvajal     Pb 609 pgs Click Here For More Information

Page 3 1.2 Works of penance.  Frequent confession, mortification, alms-giving.

...God asks us also for a rather special mortification, which we offer up cheerfully:  it is fasting and abstinence, which strengthens our spirit as it mortifies our flesh and our sensuality.  It raises our soul to God.  It gets rid of concupiscence by giving us the strength to overcome and to mortify our passions, and it disposes our heart that it may seek for nothing except to please God in everything.