Lenten Reflection – 14 March – Thursday of the First week of Lent, Year C, Today’s Gospel Matthew 7:7-12
“Ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.”...Matthew 7:7
The Prince of Peace
“Launch your soul on the waves of confidence and abandonment and remember that anything that troubles it or throws it into fear does not come from God, for He is the Prince of Peace and He promises that peace to “those of good will” (Lk 2:14 Vg.). When you are afraid you have abused His grace, that is the time to redouble your confidence, for, as the Apostle Paul says: “Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more,” (Rm 5:20) and farther on: “I boast of my weaknesses, for then the power of Jesus Christ dwells in me.” (2 Cor 12:9) “Our God is rich in mercy because of His immense love.” (Eph 2:4)”
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) (Letter 224 (I Have Found God)
Daily Meditation:
Help us to be eager in doing Your will. In today’s lesson, we learn more about prayer. We are touched by the bold, full-hearted prayer of Esther. We hear with a freshness how sincerely Jesus invites us to: ask and receive seek and find knock and find the door opened.
Dependence is not a virtue we ordinarily admire. Today we grow in our sense that we need God’s grace very much – even to know what is right – but certainly to fan our desires into a flame.
Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. Psalm 138
Closing Prayer: Lord, I am not always eager to do Your will. I’d often much rather do my own will. Please be with me on this Lenten journey and help me to remember that Your own Spirit can guide me in the right direction. I want to fix my weaknesses but the task seems overwhelming. But I know that with Your help, anything can be done. With a grateful heart, I acknowledge Your love and know that without You, I can do nothing.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen
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