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We are called to die with Christ. Do we see ourselves with Him on the cross? Do our lives hurt like His did when he was hanging on the cross?

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Every night the king would have a little to drink, he would always tell the jester his secrets. In fact, the king loved the jester as much as any of his round table. He trusted him, and always wanted him to be part of his celebrations. The jester received all the secrets from the king, because he was humble and disarmed himself every time he would dance in front of the court.

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The crying Madonna. Let us make her smile one time by saying together:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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Jesus Christ, the lover of lovers. Let us worship at His feet.

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The jester and the king were good friends. The king liked the jester because the jester always disarmed himself by making a fool of himself.

So every night, the king would get drunk and whisper secrets into the jester’s ear. The jester was known as a fool to everyone in the town, but he was the only one who knew the king’s secrets.

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Being a Christian is really just about what you do with your heartbreak. It is impossible to wade in the water between good and evil. As soon as we experience heartbreak, we will look for comfort. Either we will go to the side that tells us to forgive and to know that we are loved, or we will go to the side that tells us to be bitter and to seek out pleasure to cover our pain.

No one has ever been heartbroken as much as God. He is the only one capable of understanding our particular heartbreaks, because He made our hearts and watches us all of the time. God’s heartbreak is much greater than ours, and we show our love for Him for trying to understand it. He is heartbroken just as we are, but He continues to love through it and doesn’t care if we understand His Immaculate Heart fully. However, we ought to try to understand our Father, because that’s what love means.