SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners. (Lk. 5:32)

It was felt that, coming from the mouth of the One who is Himself “eternal life”, it is still “spirit and life” (Jn 6:64), it has brought life to those who have received it; it [the Word] has been like a celestial light that has come to invest their souls and has made them know the truth”

Bishop de Mazenod’s Pastoral Letter on the Missions, 1844

REFLECTION

Living Lord,

Your love has held me and kept me through my sinfulness. Now may your hope and healing lead me quickly to a place of restoration. O Lord the oil of your healing flows through me like a living stream. I will keep my eyes on you, and trust in you. I give you all that I am, and rest in your peace. I hold tightly to your promises. They are like a spring that overflows with goodness.

Adapted from https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/prayer-index/prayers-for-healing