{"id":5414,"date":"2023-03-15T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2023-03-12T02:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T01:40:19","slug":"wednesday-iii-lent-let-our-confidence-not-rest-in-our-own-understanding-but-in-your-guiding-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5414","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY III LENT: Let our confidence not rest in our own understanding but in your guiding hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments\u00a0will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Lk. 5:19)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>All should be persuaded that it is easier to achieve this end by example than by words. Hence, we must convince ourselves that it is indispensable that we should practice all the virtues, and not be unacquainted with any of them.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod&#8217;s 1818 Rule, Part 1, Chapter 3, \u00a71 Preaching<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Grant us patience, O Lord, to follow the road you have taken.<br \/>\nLet our confidence not rest in our own understanding but in your guiding hand;<br \/>\nlet our desires not be for our own comfort,<br \/>\nbut for the joy of your kingdom;<br \/>\nfor your cross is our hope and our joy now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">https:\/\/prayer.forwardmovement.org\/prayers_and_thanksgivings<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments\u00a0will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Lk. 5:19) All should be persuaded that it is easier to achieve this end by example than by words. Hence, we must convince ourselves that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5414\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5414","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=5414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}