Lenten Meditation - April 3, 2006

Christ seems to have made a sort of agreement on our behalf with His eternal Father, as though to say: ‘Do this, Lord, and my brethren will do that.’

It is very certain that He will not fail on His part. Oh, what a Paymaster He is and how limitless are His rewards!

Do not say one thing and mean another: if we treat Him with truth and candor, He always gives us more than we ask for.

Our Lord saw that it was necessary to arouse devout souls, and to remind them that they had enemies and that there is a special danger for them in growing careless. That they might also be guarded from being unwittingly deceived.

He offered these petitions, so necessary for all while we live in the exile of this world: ‘Lead us not, Lord, into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’

- St. Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection, 37:2,3,4