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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 8

Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 8
“Confess what you have done in word or deed, by night or day. Confess in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation receive the heavenly treasure."
-St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Today's Reflection
As we enter into the Holy Triduum, how does this quote speak to me specifically today?
 

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 7

Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 7

"Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the Cross; for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain."

-Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska

 

Today's Reflection

What is Jesus saying directly to you through these words? What do you say back to Him? As we enter the season of Easter and Divine Mercy, trust that you will draw from the fountain of the Sacred Heart the very grace you most need.

 

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 6

Posted on Monday, April 06, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 6
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Where do you want us to prepare
for you to eat the Passover?"
He said,
"Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,
'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;
in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,
and prepared the Passover.
When it was evening,
he reclined at table with the Twelve.
And while they were eating, he said,
"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Deeply distressed at this,
they began to say to him one after another,
"Surely it is not I, Lord?"
He said in reply,
"He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me
is the one who will betray me.
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"
He answered, "You have said so."
-Matthew 26:14-25
Today's Reflection
Meditate on the ways we have been betrayed and the ways
you have betrayed others.
God is ever-loving. We can break our relationship with Him but He never stops loving us. Even if we trade Him in for thirty pieces of silver, He continues to love and extend mercy to us. Mentally submit these betrayals into His unfathomable ocean of divine mercy and receive His peace.
 

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 5

Posted on Sunday, April 05, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 5 Palm Sunday

Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later." Peter said to him, "Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times."

-John 13:36-38

 

Today's Reflection

Have you ever been filled with so much zeal for the Lord that you would do anything for Him? Even die for Him? And then, only minutes later, when things got a little inconvenient, you changed your mind, or even betrayed Him?

The passage above shows us that even the apostle, Peter, who spent three years walking side-by-side with Him, turned his back on Jesus when the going got tough. As we come to the close of Lent and anticipate the Triduum and Easter, let us renew our fervor to stand with the Lord at any cost.

 

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 4

Posted on Saturday, April 04, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 4

"Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it: I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness."

-Isiah 42: 1-7

 

Today's Reflection

Blessed Holy Week to you and your loved ones! The passage above is the first of today's mass readings. Take time to ponder it. As you walk these first steps on the journey into the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord, how will you enter into the intense silence where God speaks? In what ways will you seek to be more receptive to the grace and gift of our salvation?

Pray that Jesus will give you eyes that are opened, a heart that is unfettered from the confinement of sin, and a mind that is free from the darkness and distraction of the world and fully fixed upon Him.

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 3

Posted on Friday, April 03, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 3

"Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring."

– St. Catherine of Siena

 

Today's Reflection

Does the finish line of Lent seem far off in the distance? Let us hold each up in prayer. Endure!

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 2

Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 2

“Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”

St. Francis de Sales

 

Today's Reflection

Have you fallen on the Lenten journey? Has your cross to heavy to carry? Today is a great day to be patient with yourself.

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: April 1

Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

April 1
"Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt."
-Pope Francis
Today's Reflection
What has your Lent cost you thus far? Could you do more? As we enter into Holy Week, prayerfully consider Pope Francis's reflection and ask Our Lord how you can make the best of the remainder of Lent.

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: March 31

Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

March 31

"And He said to all: If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me"

- Luke 9:23

 

Today's Reflection

What is your cross today? Take it up!

 

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Lenten Journey with the Saints: March 30

Posted on Monday, March 30, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

March 30
"Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake,
can pass without merit in the sight of God."
-Thomas a Kempis
Today's Reflection
We are not all called to do great things, but we can all do small things with great love. This is wisdom that is part of our heritage from St. Teresa of Calcutta. Today, when those small annoyances inevitably occur, remember that you can suffer them with love for God and perhaps your little cross can be of great merit for the redemption of mankind.

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