for today's reading http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021016.cfm
Today we are summoned to repentance, to reflection, to renew ourselves in God's eyes as his holy people. Called to fasting we lose ourselves to this world and place ourselves in solidarity with Christ's suffering as we prepare for his Resurrection at Easter. It is also a time too for us to refocus our loves upon the Lord, to renew ourselves to his laws, to do his will.
I offer you the prayer of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton:
O Father, the first rule of our dear savior's life was to do Your Will. Let His Will of the present moment be the first rule of our daily life and work with no other desire but for its most full and complete accomplishment. Help us to follow it faithfully, so that doing what You wish we will be pleasing to you. Amen.
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