Week of Reconciliation

 "At one time this was called not Holy Week but the Week of Reconciliation. The reason Christ came into this world was to pick up the pieces of our broken lives. But the emphasis should not be placed on the suffering and death of our divine Lord to the exclusion of what it points toward - his Resurrection and ours. This is indeed a week of reconciliation. If we have not been able to practice our faith as we would like and as we know we should, this is a wonderful week to get started all over again." John Cardinal O'Connor 

Our world is so broken! 

Our society, our government, our families and our relationships are all broken. 

Each of us broken!  

But God saw our brokenness and He sent His only Son to pick up the broken pieces. 

By Christ's suffering, death and resurrection we are redeemed! 

Yet, we are all still human and fall into temptation of sin. 

That is why Jesus gave us the Sacrament of Reconciliation! 

To heal us and to save us from our sin so we can rise with Him! 

It's easy to find fault in other people but difficult to recognize our own sin.

This Holy Week is a week of Reconciliation.

A week to examine what I have done and what I have failed to do. 

Give Him the chance to help pick up your broken pieces. 

 "He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagine. Leave it to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross and you will find yourself entirely." St. Teresa of Avila