Cor Sanctum

It has been a long Lent for us with unpleasant weather and too much to do in too little time.  The promise of Easter is upon us, and all God asks of us is to pick our cross and follow Him.

Today’s focus is the preparations for the agape meal the apostles shared with Jesus.

Do You Know?

God So Loved The World

Out Of The Depths

Come To The Cenacle

God asks two things of us:  To come to Him as we are and to progressively make ourselves better for Him.  When we are in love, we do all sorts of silly things to show our beloved how much he or she means to us.  We change ourselves, let go of vices, work-out, take vitamins, eat right, and sit through his or her favorite movies, because these are things that will prove our love for the other.  If God is the center of our lives, how much more will we do for Him?

However sinful we may have been, God calls us to Himself, and He loves us more than we can possibly understand.  This Easter we will come to His table.  What will we do the Sunday after that?

According to the Acts, Genesius addressed Emperor Diocletian and called on him to embrace Christianity:

I came here today to please an earthly Emperor but what I have done is to please a heavenly King. I came here to give you laughter, but what I have done is to give joy to God and his angels. From this moment on, believe me, I will never mock these great mysteries again. I now know that the Lord Jesus Christ is the true God, the Light, the Truth and the Mercy of all who have received his gift of baptism. O great Emperor, believe in these mysteries! I will teach you, and you will know the Lord Jesus Christ is the true God.”

Prayer of St. Genesius
There is no King but Him whom I have seen. I adore and worship Him, and 
for His sake, even though I be slain a thousand times, I will always be 
His. Torments are not able to take Christ from my mouth, nor from my 
Heart. Bitterly do I regret that I detested His Holy name in Holy men, 
and came so late, like a haughty soldier, to adoring the true King. 
Amen.

From the Fraternity of St. Genesius and Wikipedia