Well, with Palm Sunday occurring tomorrow we begin Holy Week, the
solemn days of grace. If we are not
careful we will be celebrating Easter and wondering what happened to my time
with the Lord. I have a suggestion. Beginning today, Friday, start praying the
Stations of the Cross. I was under the
weather one day this week and prayed a version of the prayer written by
Dominican Father Peter John Cameron, a version I clipped out of the MAGNIFICAT
missalette several years ago. The reflections contained a word from the Lord that I very much needed at the time.
If you do
not have a Stations of the Cross booklet you can download one from the
internet. Here are a few links. http://www.catholic.org/prayers/station.php
Perhaps you could pray just one or two stations a day. They are brief but take the time to picture
the moment recalled and pray a simple prayer like: “Lord
Jesus, thank you for suffering and dying for me. I love you, Jesus. Have mercy on me, a sinner.”
When Easter Sunday arrives, you will be so happy that you accompanied the Lord on his way - the way of the Cross - a path that led to His Resurrection.
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