Emily M. DeArdo

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Holy Week: Binding Up Jesus' Wounds

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“The greatest acts of fidelity are the silent ones. We must never allow ourselves to underestimate the value of those supposed small acts of fidelity…In our day Christ is suffering much, both from members of His Church and from those outside it. By humble, silent fidelity, we are in our measure trying to heal these wounds that Christ receives. He must not be wounded by us. Let us take this deeply into our hearts. Where are we going in Holy Week? To heal the wounds of Christ in His Mystical Body, the wounds we too have inflicted on Him. …

“May this week be, by our manner of living and our silent fidelity, a week of great renewal for the Church.”

—Mother Mary Francis, PCC