HOLY WEEK  2020, THOUGHTS TO CONSIDER…

 
      “There are many kinds of alms, the giving of which helps us
        to obtain pardon for our sins; but none is greater than that
        by which we forgive from our heart a sin that someone has
        committed against us.”   St. Augustine of Hippo
 
 
                              “Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace,
                             except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the more secure is
                             my place there, the more he can do to help me. The world rages,
                            the flesh is heavy, and the devil lays his snares; but I do not fall,
                            for my feet are planted on firm rock.”     St. Bernard of Clairvaux
 
 
            “Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others!”
                                                           Helen Keller                                                  
 
‘For his mercy endures forever.’  “This is the refrain that repeats after each verse
of Psalm 136 as it narrates the history of God’s revelation. By virtue of mercy, all
the events of the Old Testament are replete with profound salvific import… Before
his passion, Jesus prayed with this Psalm of mercy. (Mt. 26;30) While he was instituting
the Eucharist as an everlasting memorial of himself and his paschal sacrifice, he symbolically
placed this supreme act of revelation in the light of his mercy. Within the very same context
of mercy, Jesus entered upon his passion and death, conscious of the great mystery of love
that he would consummate on the cross. Knowing that Jesus himself prayed this Psalm makes it even more important for us as Christians…to take up the refrain daily by praying these words of praise: ‘For his mercy endures forever.’  It challenges us to ‘Be Mercy’.”
                                                  Pope Francis, (Bull of Indiction, The Face of Mercy, 7)
 
 
 
      “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not have lived in vain.”
                                                             Emily Dickinson
 
 
                “Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are changing.
                 God alone is changeless. Patience attains the good.
                 One who has God lacks nothing. God alone fills our needs.”
                                                              St. Teresa of Avila