We're already in the middle of the Week that changed the world -- just a couple of days from commemorating the most crucial death that happened in history. I thought of posting something here to make the best of these days, so that at least for some of you, they don't merely pass again with nary a tap on the soul or a thought to what lies beyond the kiss in Gethsemane, the crown, the piece of lumber that stood on Calvary, the empty tomb.
I've taken the liberty of choosing some passages from a book in my mother's collection. It's called In Conversation with God by Francis Fernandez (not to be confused with Conversations with God) and this is the 2nd of the seven volumes -- all quite meaty -- in the entire set.
I'm thinking of posting something everyday till Easter. Here's the first:
Sin, infidelity to a greater or lesser degree, always involves a denial of the highest ideals that Christ has sown inside us. Sin is the great downfall of man. This is why we need to struggle with determination, counting on grace, so that we avoid all grave sins, whether of malice, weakness or culpable ignorance, and then all deliberate venial sin.
But even from our sins, when we are unfortunate enough to commit them, we have to draw advantage, because contrition strengthens the bonds of our friendship with Our Lord.
Heaven is full of great sinners who decided to repent. Jesus always welcomes us and rejoices to see us set out again upon the road we had abandoned, perhaps in small matters.
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