"È bene non fare il male.È male non fare il bene." (Sant'Alberto Hurtado SJ)
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1114128047270170625?s=19
Pope Francis:
"Fasting from sin gives hope to creation too, which will be “set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God” (Rom 8:21)."
Lent
Today we remember Mahatma Gandhi who lived loving everybody, even his enemies, forgiving and fighting for freedom and peace. Today is the nonviolence international day.
Ten things forgiveness is not
https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/27717/10-things-forgiveness-is-not
Two differences between forgiveness and reconciliation
https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/22748/two-differences-between-forgiveness-and-reconciliation
Suscipe Prayer
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
My memory, my understanding
And my entire will,
All I have and call my own.
You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours;
do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
That is enough for me.
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
November 4, 2016
Do You Fast?
“Do you fast? Give me proof of it by your works.
If you see a poor man, take pity on him.
If you see a friend being honored, do not envy him.
Do not let only your mouth fast,
but also the eye and the ear and the feet and the hands
and all the members of our bodies.
Let the hands fast, by being free of avarice.
Let the feet fast, by ceasing to run after sin.
Let the eyes fast, by disciplining them not to glare at that which is sinful.
Let the ear fast, by not listening to evil talk and gossip.
Let the mouth fast from foul words and unjust criticism.
For what good is it if we abstain from birds and fishes,
but bite and devour our brothers and sisters?
May He who came to the world to save sinners, strengthen us to complete the fast with humility! Have mercy on us and save us.”
- St. John Chrysostom
