Thursday after Ash Wed

Lent is a time of year when we can pause and see how are we growing cloer to Christ. not just a time where we might try to lose weight or do something that is healthy but a time to actually work on our relationship with Christ. Many people will talk about God like He does not understand. Did God suffer? Yes, Did God know poverty? Yes, Does God understand when people abandon you and insult you? Yes. Jesus lived through all that we have gone through so we can turn to Him in all we do.

Proverbs 15:7-9
Psalm 85:8-9
Isaiah 62:11-12

God's love does not differentiate between the newly conceived infant still in his or her mother's womb and the child or young person, or the adult and the elderly person. God does not distinguish between them because he sees an impression of his own image and likeness (Gn 1:26) in each one. - Pope Benedict XVI

Let nothing trouble you, let nothing make you afraid. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains everything. God alone is enough. -Saint Teresa of Avila

When we look at the face of Jesus we look into our own humanity and come closer to His Divinity.