O Sacred Coronary heart of Jesus, I’m a bit of discouraged as a result of I don’t have a lot of something to supply to Thee. My Lenten penances are quite pathetic, to say the least. I’m not endeavor any nice fasts – I simply attempt to eat two smaller meals and one bigger meal like Holy Mom Church has requested me to do. I’ve been hungry at occasions this Lent, however I actually haven’t been ravenous. Two smaller meals and one bigger meal can be a luxurious for many of mankind all through most of its historical past. How can I provide to Thee this pitiful try at a “quick”?
My try at mortifications could be even much less spectacular. I attempt to keep away from any sweets, alcohol, and extreme cellphone use throughout Lent, however these items are excesses and luxuries which I shouldn’t actually be indulging in, anyway. How can You be happy with these tiny “sacrifices”?
O Jesus, I learn of Thy saints, and I see clearly that I’m not one in all them. Please make me one in all them. I don’t need to carry out nice penances and make nice sacrifices to puff up my pleasure – I need to do nice issues for Thee as a result of I’ve an amazing love for Thee. I would like love for Thee to be my solely motivation. I want to do Thy will as a result of that’s the essence of affection – the union of wills. Is Thy will for me to be atypical and never heroic? However then evidently the fault is mine and Thou canst not make me heroic as a result of it could solely serve to feed my pleasure and be my destruction. A thousand ideas like these plague me and solely serve to discourage me from pursing perfection. But when that’s the results of such ideas they have to not emanate from Thee!
No, I reject these miserable ideas. O Sacred Coronary heart of Jesus, I provide to Thee no matter I’ve to supply to Thee. Even when it’s merely the widow’s mite, I make my providing to Thee fully and unreservedly. If Thou desirest something from me which I shouldn’t have, then I humbly beg of Thee to provide it to me in order that I could return it to Thee. I don’t have to be heroic, I simply want to be liked by Thee, my Jesus. Please assist me to like Thee with all of my powers of loving, after which each day enhance these powers of loving. Let my solely reward for loving Thee be to like Thee extra, and grant that sometime I could love Thee completely in heaven for all eternity.
O Mary, my mom, please hear my prayer and current it to Thy Son!
