Day 7 - Feb. 27

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today's suggested reading [HERE](http://totalconsecration.ageofmary.com/preparation-07.html) for Day 7 on our journey is really an encouraging one. It spurs us on in our efforts to "rid ourselves of the spirit of the world". Speaking of saints, the author of the Imitation of Christ wrote:

Outwardly they suffered want, but within they were refreshed with grace and Divine consolation. They were aliens to the world; they seemed as nothing and the world despised them; but they were precious and beloved in the sight of God. They persevered in true humility, they lived in simple obedience, they walked in charity and patience, and so every day they advanced in spirit and gained great favor with God…

And we are all called to become the saints God intends us to be, as today's [Mass Reading ](http://www.catholicemporium.com/daily-catholic-mass-readings/?p=3265)from the Book of Leviticus reminds us:

And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

The Church is the "New Israel" and we are all called into the Holiness of God through Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. God has done great things for us, as our Mother Mary sang in her canticle recorded in Luke 1:46 - 55.

Veni, Creator Spiritus
Mary, Mother of the Church, our Mother and Model, pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You.