On Sunday, October 13, 2013, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I found this article on New Advent about the beautiful event. He had lovely homily for Sunday's Mass as well, and this little paragraph struck me as something I need to ask myself every day, maybe every hour!
"And I ask myself: am I a Christian by fits and starts, or am I a Christian full-time? Our culture of the ephemeral, the relative, also takes its toll on the way we live our faith. God asks us to be faithful to him, daily, in our everyday life. He goes on to say that, even if we are sometimes unfaithful to him, he remains faithful. In his mercy, he never tires of stretching out his hand to lift us up, to encourage us to continue our journey, to come back and tell him of our weakness, so that he can grant us his strength. This is the real journey: to walk with the Lord always, even at moments of weakness, even in our sins. Never to prefer a makeshift path of our own. That kills us. Faith is ultimate fidelity, like that of Mary."
I encourage you to read the whole article and consider consecrating yourself to Mary. She is waiting to help you find your way to her Son.
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