{"id":5403,"date":"2023-03-08T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2023-03-02T03:31:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T02:31:44","slug":"wednesday-ii-lent-i-confess-my-weakness-and-place-my-confidence-in-your-strength-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY II LENT: I confess my weakness and place my confidence in\u00a0your strength and power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>
\nThey said to him, \u201cWe can.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>
\nHe replied,\u00a0\u201cMy chalice you will indeed drink. (Mt. 20:22-23)<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Our Lord Jesus Christ has left to us the task\u00a0of continuing the great work of the redemption\u00a0of mankind. It is towards this unique\u00a0end that all our efforts must tend; as long\u00a0as we will not have spent our whole life and\u00a0given all our blood to achieve this, we can\u00a0say nothing; especially when as yet we have\u00a0given only a few drops of sweat and a few spells of fatigue.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter of Eugene de Mazenod to Father Tempier, August 22, 1817<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eternal Father, I offer you whatever I shall do this\u00a0day and renounce all search for selfish satisfaction.\u00a0I confess my weakness and place my confidence in\u00a0your strength and power.<\/h3>\n

Eternal Word, I offer you all my thoughts and words\u00a0this day and I reject beforehand all presumption and\u00a0ambition, all that may be vain and useless. In your\u00a0light and wisdom only do I place my hope. Holy\u00a0Spirit of God, to you I consecrate all the affections of my heart. I renounce the disorder of my natural\u00a0inclinations and desire only that holiness and love\u00a0which is your gift to us.<\/h3>\n

Eternal Father, let me seek the fullness of your\u00a0perfection.\u00a0Son of God, let me walk only in your light.\u00a0Holy Spirit of God, fill me with the wisdom of your\u00a0love.<\/h3>\n

(Oblate Prayer Book pgs. 18-19)<\/h3>\n

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Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?\u201d\u00a0 They said to him, \u201cWe can.\u201d\u00a0 He replied,\u00a0\u201cMy chalice you will indeed drink. (Mt. 20:22-23) Our Lord Jesus Christ has left to us the task\u00a0of continuing the great work … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}