It can be very daunting and discouraging to consider the 40 days still ahead of us when we are already feeling faint hearted from the rigors of day 1. So consider these encouraging words to take heart and keep up the battle from Blessed Columba Marmion:
"Here below our Lord presented Himself to us upon the cross; the crucifix is his official image, and union with him is impossible if we do not wish to feel the nails that pierce him through."
"Take courage!...Nature does not like sacrifice, but the reward of sacrifice, namely the love of God, is so great, that we ought to be ready to bear yet more in order to attain to it."
Only a test.
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