How to Approach this Lenten Season
How to Approach this Lenten Season
Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one:
This would be my mortification. I did not know that this would be so beneficial to my soul. The benefit is that I am meditating constantly on His sorrowful Passion and so, while I am eating, I am not preoccupied with what I am eating, but am reflecting on my Lord’s death. (618)
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Saint Faustina prayed the Rosary every day. One time, she wrote:… [One time] I saw many demons. One of these tried to vex me; taking the form of a cat, he kept throwing himself onto my bed and on my feet, and he was quite heavy, as if [weighing] a ton. I kept praying the rosary all the while, and toward dawn these beings vanished, and I was able to get some sleep. (412)
Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one:My daughter, let three virtues adorn you in a particular way: humility, purity of intention, and love. Do nothing beyond what I demand of you, and accept everything that My hand gives you. Strive for a life of recollection so that you can hear My voice, which is so soft that only recollected souls can hear it ...(Diary 1779).
In this first episode of "Jubilee Journey Through Lent," Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC invites us to embrace Lent as a hope-filled season of transformation, using prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to anchor ourselves in Christ, deepen our faith, and prepare for the joy of Easter.
