Tuesday, March 31

Scripture for the Day:

 

Again he said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Then the Jewish leaders said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ He said to them, ‘You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.’ They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.’ They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me.  And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.’ As he was saying these things, many believed in him. – John 8:21-30

Reflection – Madeleine Cheslow

For me Lent is a time for reflection. It is a good time to practice true humility, true modesty and being less materialistic. In my childhood, I remember we did not eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent, things I still practice. On the one hand, I do not know if it means something, i.e. like a little sacrifice (privation), on the other hand, I guess I will feel guilty If I don't. If by any chance, I eat meat, on those days, without realizing and being conscious of it, I just say to God, I forgot and ask for forgiveness. In fact, in these instances, I do not feel too guilty because I know the Lord is always ready to forgive and understands that the human being is more inclined to sin.