Stations of the Cross Page #3

Each time we say no

to a cake or a pretty dress

and make a sacrifice instead,

we make room for Jesus in our heart

and sense how his love fills our hearts.

And that's why you wrote these lists

of things that give you pleasure.

My list includes: A chocolate bar,

a cup of tea,

the concert playing on the radio.

These things give me pleasure,

but they are also sacrifices

one can make in daily life.

When you go home,

look at your list and think about

what you can let go,

and you'll see how a wondrous energy

flows into your hearts.

It comes directly from God.

Those were my closing remarks.

I wish you all a blessed week.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine domini.

Qui fecit caelum et terram.

Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus:

Pater, Filius et Spiritus Sanctus.

Amen.

Maria, do you have a question?

Or is something troubling you?

Can I make

a sacrifice for someone else?

Like, someone who is ill?

Yes, of course you can, but...

illness

is often a direct message from God:

A trial or a punishment for our sins.

But if the person is a small child,

it can't be a punishment for his sins.

God's ways are inscrutable.

In children,

illness can be a sign of His grace.

Pope Pius X:

There shall be holy children

and indeed, there have been children

who bore so great a love of God

that it exceeded all things.

Sickly children, whose illness

gave them time to talk to Jesus,

can be like a mirror

that shines forth the love of God.

The venerable Anna de Guign, say,

was so radiant people just stared at her.

But what if I wanted to sacrifice

my whole life?

That would be a huge sacrifice.

But Anna de Guign

sacrificed her life, too.

You can, of course,

offer your life to God as a sacrifice,

But the decision is His.

And He needs us here on Earth

as His warriors.

There are many ways

you can give your life to God.

You can go to a convent, for example.

Or think of your namesake,

the Blessed Virgin,

who made the greatest sacrifice

one can imagine.

Her own son was nailed to the cross.

No matter what you do,

as long as the path to heaven

is clear in your heart,

you will carry within you

a beauty that no jewellery...

or make-up could buy.

There I see a potential sacrifice.

I wish you a blessed week, Maria.

2:
JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS

What are you doing?

Hey?

Are you not well?

- I'm okay.

You don't look happy.

I feel fine.

Don't fall ill again.

Look at me, dressed like a grandma,

in scarf and coat,

and you are like a ballerina

in your blouse.

What are you doing?

I...

said thanks to Jesus

for the beautiful landscape.

You shouldn't feel ashamed for praying.

This landscape really is beautiful.

Do you think it could be sacrificed?

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