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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 11 – Thursday March 26, 2020

“The Need for Patience”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Last night, for about an hour, I connected with some families and some single
people through ‘Zoom.’ It was a very enriching and I would say very comforting
experience. One thing that came out of our interactions was the need for us to
have patience. Patience in the family, patience in the silence, patience in the
waiting. We need patience.
So, under the theme of patience, I will simply share with you this expression,
this form, this way of speaking about patience. Patience is not about enduring!
One could think that, perhaps, however, patience is not about enduring.

Patience is to bear, to carry the weight of something. To carry on one’s
shoulders, to bear in one’s heart, and lift up in one’s prayer. Lift up in one’s
love. To lift up and to offer. To offer to God the situation we are in. To offer to
Jesus, crucified and risen, the situation we are in. To bear it and to offer it.

So may patience dwell in you, may patience shine through you, patience for
each other and patience through trials. Carry it in your heart and your prayer
and offer it to Jesus Christ crucified and risen.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 22