Lent, Day Seventeen, Second Friday of Lent

Lent, Day Seventeen, Second Friday of Lent 
Faithfulness

I now know ... that there is a long, hard journey ahead of me. It is the way of living, praying, being with peope, caring, eating, drinking, sleeping, reading, and writing in which Jesus is truely center. I know ... that his way exists and that I have not fully found it.

How do I find it? George [Father George Strohmeyer, co-founder of L'Arche community in Pennsylvania] gave me the answer::Be faithful in adoration." He did not say, "prayer" or "meditation" or "contemplation". He kept using the word, "adoration". This word makes it clear that all the attention must be on Jesus and not on me. To adore is to be drawn away from my own preoccupations into the presence of Jesus.  It means letting go of what I want, desire, and have planned and fully trusting in Jesus and his love.

Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey, pg 34

Scripture:

¹⁰ “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. ¹¹ So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? ¹² And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

¹³ “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

 Luke 16:10-13

 PRAYER
God, bread of heaven, let the activities of my daily life be so centered on your presence that my friendship with you is solidly entrenched in my heart of hearts. Let me serve your will and purposes and have the sense to forego the hollow pleasures of success and wealth. Amen.

LENTEN ACTION
Spend a predetermined amount of time in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. Make a list of the places in your area that have Perpetual Adoration so that you might take the opportunity to visit more frequently. Be faithful in continuing this practice after Lent is over.