When: Friday, February 08, 2008 12:00 AM to Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words of Jesus
"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you."
Matthew 6:16-18
Without discretion, virtue becomes vice, and the natural impulses serve only to upset and wreck the personality.
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Abba, Father, Lord God, O how we deceive ourselves – I see why You despise pride and how easily it can lead us astray. That thing that we think we need to get going, to compete, to endure, and to succeed. It is the thing that separates us from You. Such a fine line it is, with the only difference being the source. Pride has as its source human nature and is driven by the ways and values under the sun. Thus it has a source that by its nature is temporary and cannot last. But in Jesus we have the example, the way and the light to see and feel our Source, and connect to that Source; You. For in Jesus is our only hope, through faith, to learn how to replace pride with gratitude. For gratitude has as its source spiritual nature and is driven by the ways and virtues above in Your heavenly Kingdom. Thus it has You as its Source, our Source of Source, an eternal Source. O my Jesus forgive me of my sins, save me from the fires of hell that dwell within, lead me to heaven, and all those who are in need of Your divine mercy. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Isaiah 58:1-9<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Is_&ch=58&bv1=1&ev1=9>
1 "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God. 3 `Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. 4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD? 6 "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
Psalm 51:3-6:18-19<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=51&bv1=3&ev1=6&bv2=18&ev2=19>
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. 18 Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, 19 then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.
Matthew 9:14-15<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=9&bv1=14&ev1=15>
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Lenten Reflections<http://origin.ewtn.com/faith/lent/>
Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html>
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