February 19
“How often we think that but for this or that person in our lives we should be saints! That troublesome person in the office; that exasperating fellow lodger; that spiteful old relative... Why is it that we cannot get away from them? It is because Christ wishes to be with them and has chosen us to take Him to them. He loves them, He sees the depths of their loneliness. He has plumbed it with His love. Moreover He approaches us in them.” -Caryll Houselander
Today’s Reflection:
Who is the “difficult” person the Lord has placed in your life? How might Christ be inviting you to practice patience and sacrificial love toward them as a Lenten offering?
Instead of seeing this relationship as an obstacle to holiness, how might you receive it as the very means by which Christ draws you (and them) closer to Himself?
