Lenten Reading Plan – Day 14 – Mar 12

crucificionicon12Day 14  Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/12/09

St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: chapters 24-35

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St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 38-45

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Lenten Reading Plan – Day 13 – Mar 11

crucificionicon12Day 13  Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/11/09

St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: chapters 12-23

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St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 30-37

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Lenten Reading Plan – Day 12 – Mar 10

crucificionicon12Day 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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Lenten Reading Plan – Day 11 – Mar 9

crucificionicon12Day 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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My Imitation of Christ

The Voice of Christ:

“COME to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

The bread which I will give is My Flesh, for the life of the world.

Take you and eat: this is My Body, which shall be delivered for you. Do this for the commemoration of Me.

He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, abideth in Me, and I in him.

The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”


The Offering of Christ on the Cross; Our Offering

The Voice of Christ:

AS I offered Myself willingly to God the Father for your sins with hands outstretched and body naked on the cross, so that nothing remained in Me that had not become a complete sacrifice to appease the divine wrath, so ought you to be willing to offer yourself to Me day by day in the Mass as a pure and holy oblation, together with all your faculties and affections, with as much inward devotion as you can. What more do I ask than that you give yourself entirely to Me? I care not for anything else you may give Me, for I seek not your gift but you. Just as it would not be enough for you to have everything if you did not have Me, so whatever you give cannot please Me if you do not give yourself. Offer yourself to Me, therefore, and give yourself entirely for God — your offering will be accepted. Behold, I offered Myself wholly to the Father for you, I even gave My whole Body and Blood for food that I might be all yours, and you Mine forever. But if you rely upon self, and do not offer your free will to Mine, your offering will be incomplete and the union between us imperfect. Hence, if you desire to attain grace and freedom of heart, let the free offering of yourself into the hands of God precede your every action. This is why so few are inwardly free and enlightened — they know not how to renounce themselves entirely. My word stands:”Everyone of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be My disciple.” If, therefore, you wish to be My disciple, offer yourself to Me with all your heart.



Lenten Reading Plan – Day 10 – Mar 7

crucificionicon12Day 10  Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/7/09

St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter To the Smyrnaeans: complete

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St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 8 – 14

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