Offered by Dcn. George Kelly

 

                    Spiritual Insights for Your Reflection on the 1st Sunday in Lent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Francis de Sales said, "We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God."

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.S. Lewis wrote,

"Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going to live for ever."   

[Mere Christianity, p.74]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meister Eckhert wrote, “The spiritual path has more to do with subtraction than addition.  [Belden Lane, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality] 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pope Francis teaches us, “We have an anchor: by his cross we have been saved. We have a rudder: by his cross we have been redeemed. We have a hope: by his cross we have been healed and embraced so that nothing and no one can separate us from his redeeming love.…

 

Embracing his cross means finding the courage to embrace all the hardships of the present time, abandoning for a moment our eagerness for power and possessions in order to make room for the creativity that only the Spirit is capable of inspiring.

 

 

 

It means finding the courage to create spaces where everyone can recognize that they are called, and to allow new forms of hospitality, fraternity and solidarity.… Prayer and quiet service: these are our victorious weapons.”  [Urbi et Orbi Homily]

 

 

Lent is a gift that if used wisely helps us grow spiritually, may we be open to God’s grace today.

 

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Saint Andre Bessette intercede for us.

May God Be Blessed!