No more tears and no more regrets unless we avoid the tenets of Christ's Passion

No more tears and no more regrets unless we avoid the tenets of Christ’s Passion

Only 18 days from February 1, 2026 to the 18th which is Ash Wednesday.  Seems like too early to begin a mental fasting?  No; it never is too much or too arduous when the thought of Christ choosing to Incarnate himself in order to redeem all of us.  God didn’t look at a human calendar to decide on forgiving our sins.  As soon as he created human beings the need to shed mercy upon this species must become a necessity;  that found us turning away from his graces when the attraction to rebel proved itself as a better way, by our own perspective.

It is never too soon or too much when we whom Christ entered the human world would always find the poor man without hope if Christ did not adhere to the needs of his creation.  God never creates anything bad or without his gentle care and love.  Because evil seemed to enter the world and became the very entity of subverting man’s attention, God had to come and stand as a rampart to show Satan his manner of hatred to the Lord of heaven would prove to be futile.  

That is why the Lord answered a question of; is there ever a time when prayer to him is too much or too often?  He answered No!

Prayer is the ultimate factor that opens our mind to the generosity of our Creator who loved us before we were created.  Inside the depth of our soul is the need for our Lord to open the hearts of a needy species.  That is why seeking God at all times even beyond the calendar’s dates that calls for Lent at a certain period.  It is always Lent and definitely Easter all year.  The Resurrection of Christ is a sign of our own call to eternal life with God.  So is the need to begin a  passover of repentance for the sin that confounds all of us.

Your heavenly Father knows what you need and says these will be given to you.  Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all the needs we ask for will be given to us.  (See Mt 6: 33).

Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and that the Holy Church proposes for our belief, because he is truth itself.  By faith “man freely commits his entire self to God.”  For this reason the believer seeks to know and do God’s will.  “The righteous shall live by faith.”  Living faith “works through charity.”  (CCC 1814).

As we prepare for Lenten devotions, let us keep in mind that the Easter season does not need a calendar to remind us that the passion of Christ is always with each one of us.  After all, that is the very premise of our baptismal words of; I do when asked do I believe?  

Ralph B. Hathaway