Thought for the Day – 28 February 2018 – Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
“The cup that Jesus speaks about is neither a symbol of death nor a symbol of victory.
It is a symbol of life, filled with sorrows and joys, that we can hold, lift and drink
as a blessing and a way to salvation. “Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?”,
Jesus asks us. It is a question that will have a different meaning every day of our lives.
Can we embrace fully the sorrows and joys that come to us day after day?
Drinking the cup that Jesus drank is living a life in and with the spirit of Jesus, which is
the spirit of unconditional love. The intimacy between Jesus and His Father is an
intimacy of complete trust….it is only love – pure, unrestrained and ultimate love.
That intimacy gave Jesus the strength to drink the cup.
That same intimacy Jesus wants to give us so that we can drink ours!”
Fr Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) (Can you drink the Cup)
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"For the Saints are sent to us by God
as so many sermons.
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and lead us, to where we had not expected to go.”
Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975)
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