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Easy Doesn’t Require Faith
We pray for God to make us stronger, to grow our faith, to deepen our walk with Him. As we say our “Amen” and step out into life, more times than not, we are caught off guard by what is almost inevitably coming next -temptation, trials, suffering, hardship, disappointment, grief.
As much as we love “easy”, God in His infinite wisdom, merciful favor, and unfathomable love, knows the only way we will grow in our faith is to come face to face with that which builds our spiritual strength.
Easy doesn’t require faith. Easy doesn’t build spiritual muscles. Easy doesn’t draw us deeper into relationship with God. It is in the hard times that we learn to depend upon our God and discover He is dependable. It is in the hard times that our faith reaches with everything it has deep into the heart of God and there discovers everything it needs.
It is in the hard times, when we have nothing else, that we come to discover God is more than enough. We pray for God to make us stronger, to grow our faith, to deepen our walk with Him.
When God, in His infinite wisdom, merciful favor, and unfathomable love, answers our prayer, may we not murmur, complain, resent or rebel.
May we instead, embrace His gracious gift and discover what is inevitably coming next – spiritual strength, a deeper faith, a closer walk with our God.~
~Stacy L. Sanchez
The Rosary in a Year – Day 121 – The Cost of Compromise
Pilate tried to compromise on truth. His concern was not justice, but instead self-preservation. Fr. Mark-Mary reads from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, emphasizing that we must not compromise on Jesus. We have to commit to the truth. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Crowning with Thorns and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
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Saint of the Day – Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo – April 30
The Rosary in a Year – Day 120 – Be the One
Jesus suffered tremendously to show his love for us and to win us for himself. And yet, many of us don’t receive this gift and continue to live our lives as if Jesus’ passion never happened. Fr. Mark-Mary reads from St. Faustina, who tells us that Jesus found consolation in her sincere sorrow for his passion. Today, we are called to be like St. Faustina, to be the one who remembers the depths of Jesus’ love. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Scourging at the Pillar and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
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Saint of the Day – Saint Peter of Verona – April 29
The Rosary in a Year – Day 119 – Till The End
In the final moments before his arrest, Jesus is praying for the apostles. This is the movement of love when it encounters suffering and difficulty, says Fr. Mark-Mary. Drawing from St. Hilary of Poitiers, we meditate on bringing our suffering to the Father, so that it might become a grace for others. Today’s focus is the mystery of the c and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
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