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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 25 – Thursday April 9, 2020

“The Essentials of Life”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

What is essential for you? What are the essentials of life? Perhaps we
could all take advantage of this pandemic to review our life, re-examine our
existence, ask ourselves: what do I count on in my life? What is there that is
most solid in my life? What are the priorities in my life? What do I see as indis-
pensable in my life?
This is a reflection that we can do on our own but also one that we
can have with others! By telephone, through social media, or just within your
family in confinement, together in your couple, or between parents and
children. Discuss what is vital, what is essential in your own experience,
but also what is really your perception of the essentials, what are truly the
essentials of life.

Jesus Christ reveals that we are not made just for life in this world. Life
in this world is important! By the way, that’s why He comes into this world, as
He wants to love us. At the same time, we are in this life with an openness in
our heart for eternal life. Essential to the Christian faith is the development of
an affectionate relationship with Jesus Christ.

This Holy Thursday is a time to be able to say to Jesus Christ, “Lord
Jesus, I may have all the nourishment, the food that exists, if I don’t have you,
if you’re not in my life, if you’re not at the centre of my life, if you’re not the
foundation of my life, I have nothing.”

Jesus Christ, you are essential to me!

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 36