Day 12 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/10/09
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology-Chapters 1-11
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St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 22-29
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Trying to regain some balance.
From Whispers in the Loggia:
“Whatever the case, though, what matters isn’t the achievement, but the effort… not so much the accomplishment as the courage to try, and especially to try again, and again, and again.”
From Amy’s Via Media:
“The incarnation of God in Christ has so closely linked the two together–judgment and grace–that justice is firmly established: we all work out our salvation “with fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12). Nevertheless grace allows us all to hope, and to go trustfully to meet the Judge whom we know as our “advocate.” 1 Jn 2:1).”
From cause of our joy:
“St Paul says we should brag about nothing but the cross of Christ. so please indulge me while I brag about the itty bitty splinters of His cross which help me remember my place.
At the foot of the Cross.”
From: The Practicing Catholic
Nehemiah 8:9,10
Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!
Day 11 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/9/09
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter To the Polycarp: complete
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St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 15 – 21
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Writing as she must because that’s just the way she is and she just has to….Amy Welborn shares from the bottom of her heart and from the pain of her grief. I don’t like prying into someone’s soul, so I’m one who waits for words to be forthcoming to help me understand the meaning of a look, action, or a time of life.
Amy has a way of revealing the very real with a sympathy for herself, as though she were just watching instead of living it. Thank you, Amy. I don’t understand the way you do now, but I understand as a friend can from a safe distance.
Amy writes:
“I understand how, if one had been married for decades and decades, the death of a spouse would just take it all out of you and propel you on the same road. I felt it very strongly that first day – a sense that I do not want to be here, that I would rather be with him, I would rather just follow than stick out another day here. I understand how married people die within days of each other.”
Paraphrasing Rev. Fr. Michael DePalma:
In life, it’s not how you begin. It’s how you end.
How will you be remembered? More importantly, how will The Father remember you?
Begin today to become a beautiful remembrance in the mind of God.
Our Day of Judgment should be our Day of Glory!
Be Holy! 