Minute Meditations-Inbox Edition(Tuesday, February 2, 2016)

Restrain Yourself Sacred Silence
Humility is crucial to the Lenten journey, and it is truly difficult for anyone to be humble. Sometimes we really do know more than the next person. Sometimes we really do know what is correct or more life-giving. But unless it is our job to correct, we do not need to go about fixing everyone and everything. -from Sacred Silence
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Lent Begins February 10th. What Does Lent Mean to You?

Lent is a time to focus on the deepest mysteries of our faith.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here.   Dear, Wisdom, Ash Wednesday is on February 10, which means Lent is just around the corner! Some people love the approach of this holy season, a time for self-reflection and improvement; a time for change and a deeper spiritual investment. Other people dread the idea of Lent with fasting, facing personal weakness and sin, and practices of self-denial.  How Do You Feel about Lent? Whether Lent is your favorite season or one that you'd just as soon ignore, you know that it is an important observance in the liturgical calendar. Lent is a time to focus on the deepest mysteries of our faith and try to connect more personally to those spiritual truths.   A Time of Mercy and Grace Above all, Lent is a season of grace—a time when you are invited to grow deeper in your faith. Would you like to find ways to relate to others more lovingly? Would you like to have a better understanding of Jesus' passion and death, and how these events affect your own spiritual journey? Do you struggle with suffering and wonder where God is in those moments of despair? Do you wish you could pray more effectively? We can help! .    Special Discounts Available! Any order under $20 will receive a 10% discount. Use promotion code LENT1 on your order. Any order between $20 and $34.99 will receive free shipping and a 20% discount. Use promotion code LENT2 on your order. Any order of $35 or more will receive a 30% discount and free shipping. Use promotion code LENT3 on your order.       We look forward to being your companions on this Lenten journey. And we thank you for your support of the ministry of the Franciscan Friars, whose work with the poor and those in need is in the spirit of their founder, St. Francis of Assisi.   We wish you every grace and blessing as you draw closer to God in this holy season of Lent.   Your friends at Franciscan Media                                                                                                                             © 2015, All Rights Reserved Franciscan Media  800-488-0488  28 W. Liberty St.    Cincinnati,  OH   45202    You received this email because you are subscribed to Marketing Information from Franciscan Media. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails

Saint of the Day (Monday, February 1, 2016)-St. Ansgar

St. Ansgar Monday, February 1, 2016 Lived(801-865) | Feast Day: Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The "apostle of the north" (Scandinavia) had enough frustrations to become a saint—and he did. He became a Benedictine at Corbie, France, where he had been educated. Three years later, when the king of Denmark became a convert, Ansgar went to that country for three years of missionary work, without noticeable success. Sweden asked for Christian missionaries, and he went there, suffering capture by pirates and other hardships on the way. Fewer than two years later, he was recalled, to become abbot of New Corbie (Corvey) and bishop of Hamburg. The pope made him legate for the Scandinavian missions. Funds for the northern apostolate stopped with Emperor Louis's death. After 13 years' work in Hamburg, Ansgar saw it burned to the ground by invading Northmen; Sweden and Denmark returned to paganism. He directed new apostolic activities in the North, traveling to Denmark and being instrumental in the conversion of another king. By the strange device of casting lots, the king of Sweden allowed the Christian missionaries to return. Ansgar's biographers remark that he was an extraordinary preacher, a humble and ascetical priest. He was devoted to the poor and the sick, imitating the Lord in washing their feet and waiting on them at table. He died peacefully at Bremen, Germany, without achieving his wish to be a martyr. Sweden became pagan again after his death, and remained so until the coming of missionaries two centuries later. Comment: History records what people do, rather than what they are. Yet the courage and perseverance of men and women like Ansgar can only come from a solid base of union with the original courageous and persevering Missionary. Ansgar's life is another reminder that God writes straight with crooked lines. Christ takes care of the effects of the apostolate in his own way; he is first concerned about the purity of the apostles themselves. Click here for a printer friendly version
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Minute Meditations-Inbox Edition(Monday, February 1, 2016)

Acknowledging Christ Tweet Inspiration
Eye contact is more than a polite gesture - it is a simple yet meaningful acknowledgement of Christ in the other. -from Tweet Inspiration
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