The attack on marriage is really an attack on the human person, and his dignity, for the devil seeks to pervert our true purpose, to pervert God's holy design. For many of us, we cannot march in protests or write dozens of letters or call numerous times to urge legislators to vote for the Truth. But one thing we can all do is pray and fast. We have designated one day each week to fast for these intentions:

1. That marriage may be preserved, promoted, and understood as God's plan for creation.

2. For all marriages that they may reflect the love of the Trinity.

3. For broken marriages that Christ bring healing and conversion to the spouses' souls.

4. For those who are married, for the sanctification of their marriage and their spouse. For those who are single, for their future spouse and vocation.


Friday, January 4, 2013

A Call to Arms

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JMJ

In this Year of Faith, amidst the growing persecution of the Church and family life, the Bishops have called the faithful to prayer, penance and sacrifice for the sanctity of life, marriage, and the defense of religious liberty.  Hopefully, you have already heard of this but if not, click here for the link to the bulletin insert, and click here for a further explanation from the Bishops' website.

 Since one of the requests from the bishops is to fast and abstain from meat every Friday, I decided to post a reflection each Friday of the month instead of just First Friday.  I encourage you to not only fast from food each Friday, but also from the noise that only adds to our anxieties, and distracts us from our only Hope and Consolation.  Instead, use that time for silence, reading Scripture, or prayer.  Turn to Him, and ask for His mercy during these difficult times:
"Say not, why were the former days better than these? For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. . . In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him." (Eccl. 7:10, 14)

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