Entrusted with a treasure...

Monday of HOLY WEEK

"By humbling Himself, Jesus invites us to walk on His path.

Let us turn our faces to Him, let us ask for the grace to

understand something of the mystery of His obliteration for

our sake; and then, in silence, let us contemplate the

mystery of this Week." - Pope Francis, Palm Sunday homily (2016)

"We need to implore His grace daily, asking Him to open our cold hearts and shake up our lukewarm and superficial existence. Standing before Him with open hearts, letting Him look at us, we see that gaze of love which Nathaniel glimpsed on the day when Jesus said to him: 'I saw you under the fig tree' (Jn 1:48).

How good it is to stand before a crucifix, or on our knees before the Blessed Sacrament, and simply to be in His presence! How much good it does us when He once more touches our lives and impels us to share His new life! What then happens is that 'we speak of what we have seen and heard' (1 Jn 1:3).

The best incentive for sharing the Gospel comes from contemplating it with love, lingering over its pages and reading it with the heart. If we approach it in this way, its beauty will amaze and constantly excite us. But if this is to come about,

we need to recover a contemplative spirit which can help us to realize ever anew that we have been entrusted with a treasure which makes us more human and helps us to lead a new life. There is nothing more precious which we can give to others."

From Evangelii Gaudium, 264 – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation