to achieve greatness we must serve the rest. WOW! never thought of it this way. When we are climbing that ladder to success sometimes it feels so me me me. We want to achieve financial stability, happiness in love, great health and so on and so on. This can turn into keeping up with the Joneses, which never turns out well. Take a step back look at what you are aspiring to and see if it effects others in a positive way. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, ST. JOSEPH Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest. (Matthew 20:27) Reflection Deny oneself Carry ones cross To follow Jesus Christ If you are ashamed of the Cross of Jesus Christ he will be ashamed of you before his Father Love the Cross Desire: crosses contempt pain abuse insults disgrace persecution humiliations calumnies illness injuries May Jesus prevail May his Cross prevail Divine love Humility Submission Patience Obedience: complete prompt joyful blind persevering ....St. Louis de Montfort Lenten Question Q: Is the balance of fasting the same for all people? A: No. For example, with the good of food, people who are by nature physically larger need more food than people who are physically smaller. Similarly, people who have higher metabolisms or who do manual labor for a living need more food than people with slower metabolisms or who have less active lifestyles. The same is true with regard to other goods than food. St. Paul speaks of this in regard to the good of married life: I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion (1 Corinthians 7:7-9). Thus some are given the gift of being able to live without the good of married life in order that they may pursue greater devotion to God (1 Cor. 7:32-34) or to pursue greater ministry for others (2 Timothy 2:3-4), as with priests, monks, and nuns. God gives these people special graces to live the life which they have embraced, just as he gives special graces to the married to live the life they have embraced. Lenten Action Read for 20 minutes from Scripture or an inspirational book. Prayer Lord, watch over Your Church, and guide it with Your unfailing love. Protect us from what could harm us and lead us to what will save us. Help us always, for without You we are bound to fail. Prayer To St. Joseph blessed Joseph, faithful guardian of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, protector of thy chaste spouse, the virgin Mother of God, I choose thee this day to be my special patron and advocate and I firmly resolve to honor thee all the days of my life. Therefore I humbly beseech thee to receive me as thy client, to instruct me in every doubt, to comfort me in every affliction, to obtain for me and for all the knowledge and love of the Heart of Jesus, and finally to defend and protect me at the hour of my death. Amen
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