unknown promise

Unknown PromiseA Lenten Reflection

By. Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270 Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371 info@misacor-usa.org

A seed needs to let go of its dormancyand self-containment.

Photo by Rüdiger Kratz, St. Ingbert

It needs to be open to the outside forces of its environment

in order to be transformed into thefullness of its unknown promise.

What are thesecurities of my

present that Ineed to abandon

to grow intothe promiseof all I amcalled to be?

There is pain in the letting-go:

• my security• my control• my hurts of the

past • my plan for the

future.

I want to know forsure that my letting go now willgenerate a freer,fuller, happiertomorrow.

For each of us,Jesus enteredinto this painfulyet decisivemoment thatwe each mustface.

In this hour andin this place he iswith us

as we embrace the unknown promise

of new life.

We hope you enjoyed this reflection.

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The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270 Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371 info@misacor-usa.org

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