February 26 Choose Life
The reading from the book of Deuteronomy has Moses exhorting the Jewish people to choose life. To choose life means to choose God. It is clear from the Gospel that to choose God means to daily take up our crosses and following him. Most people want to prove themselves as worthy friends, spouses, employees, etc. This desire for approval is seen in our ability to make sacrifices for God, for others and for higher things such as honor and principle. The highest thing to sacrifice for is love. This kind if sacrifice is also the most difficult as well as the most fulfilling. In order to be filled, one must first become empty. Christ sacrificed himself on the cross for the love of all mankind. He is clear that if we are to follow him, we must sacrifice as well. This sacrifice should not be done begrudgingly, but joyfully.
Now that we have begun this second day of Lent, let us ask the Lord to help us to be willing to sacrifice for others and for Him, both bigs ones and little ones. When we begin to do that, we will be one more step on the way to Easter, when we will see what our sarifices have really accomplished.
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