The Twelfth Station

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Between two criminals, a mocking title above his head, with only Mary and John and Mary Magdalene to support him, Jesus surrenders his last breath:

“Into your hands I commend my spirit.”

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

I stand there, at the foot of the cross, side by side with all of humanity, and behold our salvation. I carefully watch and listen to all that its said.

And then, I experience the one who gives life pass from life to death, for me.

I console Mary and John and Mary.

And let them console me.

This is the hour.

The hour to express the deepest feelings within me.

Will it be your hour, too?

hugs n’ blessings as we console one another.

powerlessness

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A proud and self-reliant man rightly fears to undertake anything, but a humble man becomes all the braver as he realizes his own powerlessness; all the bolder as he sees his own weakness; for all his confidence is in God, who delights to reveal His almighty power in our infirmity and His mercy in our misery.

St. Francis de Sales

Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, even though You are all powerful, You embraced our human powerlessness throughout Your life on earth, and You embrace it still in the Eucharist. You did nothing of Your own will but only of the will of Your Father. Help us, who are intrinsically powerless, to abandon our illusions of control and self-sufficiency, and give us the humility to relinquish our own wills and plans, so that like You, Jesus, we will do nothing on our own but will do only the Father’s will, and may we find true freedom and perfect power by always asking Your help. Amen.

By the Franciscan TOR Sisters

hugs n’ blessings as we find true freedom in the love of the Father.

Willingness

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For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your soul.

1 Peter 2: 21-25

Yesterday we began the holiest week of the Church calendar!

On Palm Sunday, the Sacred Scriptures invited us into Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. *Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66. We heard shouts of “Hosanna,” (Save us,) as the people joyfully greet Our Lord, cheering and welcoming Him with palm branches.

What an interesting way of honoring the Messiah.

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