Lenten Ignatian Reflection

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Daily Ignatian Reflections: magisspirituality.org/daily.htm

We are to be courageously countercultural, paradoxically joyful, and unsparingly selfless. It is a life that makes no sense without God at its core.

In Lent we do not fast in isolation, but in solidarity with those who are poor and lacking in material resources. We do not give alms to pad our egos, but to actually support those who are in dire need. We pray not as a therapeutic escape from noise, but to offer praise to God and know ourselves - and others - as His beloved Sons and Daughters.

Let us keep in mind this Lent the why - or rather, the Who – behind our fasting, almsgiving, and prayer:

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your wound shall quickly be healed;
Your vindication shall go before you,
and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer,
you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am!

I so loved this reflection from a couple weeks ago, had to share it here. This truly resonated with me:

We are to be courageously countercultural, paradoxically joyful, and unsparingly selfless. It is a life that makes no sense without God at its core.

Blessed Lent to us all - as we strive to be closer to God!

 

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That is fantastic!

 

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We are to be

courageously countercultural,
paradoxically joyful, and
unsparingly selfless

It is a life that makes no sense without God at its core.