J.M.J.
THE SEASON OF LENT
THE NEW LENTEN SEASON HAS ONLY BEGUN,
AND ALREADY SO MANY HAVE ABANDONED MY SON.
THEY CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE NOT AN HOUR TO SPARE
WITH MY SON IN THE CHAPEL UNITED IN PRAYER.
MANY INTENTIONS AND PROMISES MADE
WITH EACH DAY THAT PASSES ARE BEGINNING TO FADE.
IF MY SON HAD RETRACTED WHAT HE PROMISED TO YOU,
WITHOUT HIS INTERCESSION WHAT WOULD YOU, CHILDREN, DO?
HAVING JUST GOOD INTENTIONS WILL NOT SUFFICE
UNLESS YOU, AS MY SON DID, LEARN TO SACRIFICE.
SOON, MY DEAR CHILDREN, THIS SEASON WILL END;
WILL YOUR CONTRIBUTION HELP THE WRONG TO AMEND?
IF IT WAS NOT, DEAR CHILDREN, FOR THE FAITHFUL AS YOU,
THIS WORLD THAT’S IN SHAMBLES GOD WOULD NOT RENEW.
BUT BECAUSE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOU CONTINUE TO BEAR
YOUR CROSS AS MY SON DID, YOU WILL GOD’S KINGDOM SHARE.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
3-8-2006