O most loving Lord, let my knowledge of why You embraced the Cross be a source of help and inspiration to me as I attempt to carry the crosses that life presents to me. Help me to always believe and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Great Fast
Help me this day, O Lord, to understand the true meaning of Your Cross and try to imitate You as I try, in my weakness, to carry the cross that life presents to me. Help me to always realize that … Continue reading
O Master and Lord, help me to desire to truly bow my mind, heart and life to You and embrace the way of living that You taught me through Your life, death and resurrection. Help me to understand that the … Continue reading
My dearest Savior, I beg your help as I attempt to pick up my personal cross and follow You. As I reflect upon the way You lived Your life and death, I know that this is the way I desire … Continue reading
My most beloved Lord, as I think about Your Cross I am filled with a deep sense of Your love for me and I am humbled. I thank You for the gift of my faith which provides me with the … Continue reading
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who I profess to be true God and true man, help me this day to bow low before Your Cross and to proclaim Your Resurrection. Help me to truly be filled with the desire to serve … Continue reading
This week, just find time to sit quietly for about ten minutes and do two things: (1) think about what Christ’s crucifixion means to you, and (2) how you would like to be remembered by those who know you. Take … Continue reading
O Merciful Father, the Fast that brings integrity has now almost run half its course. These past days have proved acceptable and now I see the need for the days to come. I beseech Your Son, Christ our Benefactor, who … Continue reading
O Merciful Father, because I have recognized my weaknesses and the misdeeds that have flowed from those weaknesses, I beg Your help. I know that I have, at times, enjoyed fleeting pleasures and found my treasure in the things of … Continue reading
O Compassionate Father, as I prepare to venerate Your Son’s Cross, help me to understand the great love that is expressed by it. Your Son voluntarily endured suffering and death because You know that we humans fear these to life … Continue reading