LENT IS A DESERT EXPERIENCE. IN THE BIBLE, THE DESERT IS A PLACE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. THEREFORE PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR: FASTING, PRAYER AND ALMSGIVING. THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR ADVANCES ON HIS KNEES.
"Yet even now—oracle of the Lord—return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God, For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting in punishment." (Joel 2: 12 - 13).
Wednesday 2nd March 2022, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the holy Season of Lent. Lent is the Season appointed for repentance and spiritual purification. Our God is kind and merciful. Let this truth encourage us to turn to the Lord without fear for our inward renewal.
Lent is the Journey of Faith to the supreme joy of Easter. If we die with Christ, we shall rise with Christ.
"Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Harden not your hearts today,
but listen to the voice of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!" (Cf. Psalm 94:8).
The 40 day period of Lent is God's gift to us to become New Creation.
"The prayer of adoration at night has the power and efficacy of that prayer made with fasting that I recommended to My apostles as the means of expelling demons from the souls whom they torture and oppress. For this reason, the demons fear and hate adoration made at night, while the angels rejoice over it, and place themselves at the service of the soul who desires to do it." (IN SINU JESU, Monday, November 12, 2012 At the Priory).
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Thank you for this quiet spot in my days.
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