Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience.
God’s Mercy Endures Forever, let us be His Light. As we have journeyed through Lent and an intensified Holy Week, I hope your heart is rejoicing and full of light in the fact that God’s mercy endures forever. He is risen! Alleluia! I hope your faith has been strengthened and your heart has been lovingly pruned and purified so it is bursting with love. Christ suffered greatly to grant us access to eternal life. The time is now for us to mature spiritually and Be His Light in the world.
Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience.
Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer.
In Silence We Await. The faithful pray and meditate on the great sacrifice our Lord has made for all of us and anticipate His Resurrection from the dead-on Easter Sunday. I spend the day in the quiet, thanking Jesus for the ultimate gift that He gave to all of us on Good Friday. I try to place myself in the confusion and fear (as well as hope) that the Blessed Mother, the apostles, and the other witnesses to Jesus’ Passion undoubtedly felt on that first Holy Saturday. In doing so, I realize how fortunate I am to know how the story ends and that Jesus Christ will be rising on Sunday morning! Let’s Look for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer, meditating on this reflection from Every Sacred Sunday.
Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience
For much of my life, I was caught up in what people would say instead of basing reality on their behaviors. This likely stems from having significant relationships with people in my life who were emotionally unavailable to me in my formative years.
Today is Good Friday, the day where Action Speak Louder than Words. Jesus dies for me to live. A day where we celebrate His awesome proof of love of us. Resurrection will be the signature of proof, this demonstrated love, showing how I must love Him and those around me. This is the new order, my new commandment, and the way to eternal life. By dying he made us alive. By the cross, I am redeemed.
“Let us admire, congratulate, rejoice, love, praise, adore; because through the death of our Redeemer we are called from darkness to light, from death to life, from exile to home, from grief to everlasting joy” Saint Augustine
His head is bent to give us the kiss of peace, his arms extended to receive us, his hands pierced to pour his blessings upon us, his heart opened to love us, his feet nailed to the cross to soften our hearts and remain with us.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Thank You, Lord, for filling me with hope, confidence and courage as I look in trust at Your crucified body.
Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience
The Stations of the Cross are a 14-step Catholic devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ’s last day on Earth as a man. The 14 devotions, or stations, focus on specific events of His last day, and are commonly used as a mini pilgrimage as the individual moves from station to station.
Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience
The power of the cross is magical. Such a horrific event and such a demonstration of love! My faith allows me to accept this reality and I sink into knowing how much I am loved and the fact that I am redeemed.
Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience
On this Palm Sunday we anticipate God’s passion which helps us understand that the world’s glory is fleeting. Encountering God’s goodness reorders our world and by faith creates us anew.
Month Four: The Virtue of Fortitude. Loving Myself through eyes of Faith produces patience
Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer. Allow The Gift of Fortitude by Dan Burke, put you in the presence of God. Invite the Holy Spirit into your weakness and make you strong with Divine fortitude.
Month Four: The Virtue of Fortitude. Loving Myself through eyes of Faith produces patience.
I find myself at times in the cycle of wanting more. Whether it’s overeating, spending, or scrolling through social media, I’m in a space of not enough. Rather than giving into these impulses, when I focus on simplicity and gratitude, it breaks this cycle of wanting more.
Month Four: The Virtue of Fortitude. Loving Myself through eyes of Faith produces patience.
In this season of Lent, we are called to pray, fast, and give alms as we prepare our hearts for Easter. We develop a discerning and faithful heart, through a life of prayer. As humans, it is hard to live the faithful life we are called to live. Luckily, we are not meant to go it alone.
Month Four: The Virtue of Fortitude. Loving Myself through eyes of Faith produces patience.
There is nothing evil wants more than to keep us in the dark, to keep us focused on the spectacular and sensational, the next shiny object or even the heart wrenching events we see throughout our day. When we focus on the spectacular, we miss the subtlety before us. We fail to see the nuances and goodness right in front of us. Discernment of spirits is a lifelong journey that begins with fortitude. With knowing myself and my true nature, I see myself as God sees me. However, the layers of disconnection from God in this life keep me blind unless I actively turn to God and seek His wisdom and knowledge to see the whole of myself, understanding my drivers, my desires, and my fears. When I see the whole of me, I become the person God intended me to be, ordering myself to tell His story through me.
Smitten With Goodness 