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Theo Tigno•
3/10/2011 4:48 pm
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Friday After Ash Wednesday |
Matthew 9: 14-15
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast."
Dawg's Thought:
Today's prayer intention - for those who struggle with addictions.
"The time of Lent reminds us that the bridegroom has been taken away from us. Taken away, arrested, imprisoned, slapped, scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified ... Fasting in the time of Lent is the expression of our solidarity with Christ. Such was the meaning of Lent throughout the centuries and such it remains today." - Pope John Paul II
I have had the privilege of seeing heroism. Have you ever seen someone who showed tremendous generosity while their loved one suffered? The husband who has a wife battling cancer. The mother who has a child in the ICU. The mother who gave up her child for adoption so that her baby can have a better life.
In our fasting, we have the opportunity to sacrifice for Our Lord Who suffered. I wrote a poem a while back while meditating on suffering:
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I offer my heart as a flower clipped from Your crown.
It is damaged, Lord.
I am sorry for the damage that I have done do it
and the damage I let happen to it.
I offer my heart, Lord, as a flower from Your crown.
Clutch it tightly on Your way to Your glory.
Clutch it tightly as You bear the scorn.
As You are beaten, let it be Your consolation.
As You fall, may I accept the fall You endure
knowing that I am falling in Your precious hands.
As You are forsaken by friends,
look to my heart for comfort
for it has been forsaken many times as well.
As You endure mockery in Your time of glory,
let my heart console You
as a heart that is mocked by my own faults.
Lord, let my suffering be that for You:
a consolation to Your Sacred Heart
through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
And as I receive Your Sacred Heart
in its totality through the Eucharist,
console my heart that longs to be consoled.
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May any discomfort or suffering that we endure in our sacrifices and fasting be an act of solidarity with Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Take care and God Bless.
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