Importance of Great Lent : # Day 3

Dear All in Jesus Christ,

Great Lent is a sacred place of the Church to serve the individual believer in participating as a member of the Mystical Body of Christ. It provides each person an annual opportunity for self-examination and improving the standards of faith and morals in his Christian life. The deep intent of the believer during Great Lent is encapsulated in the words of Saint Paul “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal of the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).”

By keeping and remembering Christ’s cross at the center of our lives, our path will be enlightened and God’s plan for us will come to fruition. The act of remembering what Christ accomplished on the cross is simply not enough for our Christian calling. This remembrance must ultimately lead us to the reality of the cross. “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” This proclamation by Christ leads us to a spirit of action and positive change.

Christ tells us to deny ourselves and to focus solely on Him – for He is Lord – He is King. We are to deny ourselves from our strength, knowledge, capability, wisdom, wealth, passions, temptations, and anything that will deter us from being close to God. To leave behind our selfish ways and to empty ourselves, so that God’s will may abide in and work through us. As we state in the Lord’s Prayer. “Thy will be done”, it is God’s will that truly fulfills our lives.

First Wednesday of Great Lent

• Evening

• St. Matthew 6: 19-24
• St. Luke16: 14-18

• Morning

• Genesis1: 14-18
• Isaiah13: 6-13
• St. James 2 : 1 – 13
• Romans 2:7-24
• St. Matthew 6: 25-34

Take this lent as the most rigorous one. Let he forgive us and bless us.

Your Servant In Lord

Lino Varghese Abraham