Faith.
It
is like jumping off of a platform of safety
into
the unknown.
Trusting
that God will catch you
but
still in humanness fearing the fall.
It
has to do with belief.
Belief
in His plan
even
though we are far more interested in our own.
It’s
about believing but also about doing.
What
good does it do for me to say I’m a Christian
but
act otherwise?
Words
only go so far.
It’s
about our own personal fiat.
Our
own ‘yeses’ to God.
Even
though we don’t understand,
Yes!
I will do your will.
It’s
about going against the grain
and
throwing ourselves into something
intangible
as the world cringes
and
grasps onto whatever they can.
It’s
about being willing to give our all
for
a man who gave His all,
His
life,
for
us.
Go
ahead,
take
that leap.
He
will catch you.
“For it is lively
faith animated by love enabling you to do everything from no other motive
than that of pure love.
It is a firm
faith, unshakable as a rock, prompting you to remain firm and steadfast in
the midst of storms and tempests.
It is an active
and probing faith which like some mysterious passkey admits you into the
mysteries of Jesus Christ and of man’s final destiny and into the very heart of
God Himself.
It is a courageous
faith which inspires you to undertake and carry out without hesitation
great things for God and the salvation of souls.
This faith will be your flaming torch, your very life with God, your secret fund of divine
Wisdom, and an all-powerful weapon for you to enlighten those who sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death.
It inflames through who are lukewarm and need the
goal of fervent love.
It restores life to those who are dead through sin.
It moves and transforms hearts of marble and cedars
of Lebanon by gentle and convincing argument.
Finally, this
faith will strengthen you to resist the devil and other enemies of salvation.”
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This Lenten blog series is based upon St. Louis de
Montfort's writings. Unless otherwise noted, all the phrases in quotation marks
are taken from the book Jesus Living
in Mary.
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