February 21

I’m not asking myself how big or how heroic my actions were but rather, “Did these actions lead to greater faith, hope, and love?”

Sometimes it’s important to take these three virtues apart and look at them individually.

• Faith: Did my actions today give me greater trust in God, in the Church, or in the God-given people of my life—or did they lead to unproductive and paralyzing doubts?

• Hope: Have the feelings I’ve been experiencing lately led me to greater optimism for the future and deeper confidence in God’s providence—or have they led to despair and to forgetting that God will take care of me, no matter what?

• Love: Have the things that have preoccupied my thoughts today really led me to greater love of my neighbor—or have those thoughts coaxed me into isolation, secrecy, passivity, or aggressiveness?

—Excerpted from God’s Voice Within by Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ

Lenten Resources

• Marveling at the Promise by Loretta Pehanich
  

• A Prayer by St. Anselm of Canterbury

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