Lent Moves toward Good Friday
Fr. Jacques Philippe wrote, “The fact that we can’t save ourselves is something we acknowledge in words, but in fact we find it very hard to accept. We’d all like to be saved by our own efforts…to shine in other people’s eyes, even on the spiritual level.
Worldly people want to be highly regarded because they have luxurious cars, expensive watches, designer clothes, professional prestige, and go around with beautiful people.
As good Christians, we may want to stand out for our virtues, charisms, experience, and sound judgement. Then we consider that we are on the right path. But in fact we’re in danger of ending up with exactly the same mindset as the worldly people described above.
Very often, without realizing it, we have a worldly outlook on the spiritual life: self-fulfillment, self-affirmation, expansion of the ego, etc. And spiritual pride, we must be aware, is sometimes more destructive than social, worldly pride.”
As we continue our Lenten Pilgrimage let’s take a few minutes to acknowledge that Jesus Christ saved us; we can allow His salvific love to guide and inform our actions, while offering our gift of love to Pure Love.
May God Be Praised.
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