Can a mother forget the child she has borne? And if she could forget the fruit of her womb, yet God will not forget you. For it is He who created you, who supported you in your childhood, who will support you in your old age. Why should you fear? Your name is written in His heart; your memory is always before His eyes.
Christ is your Father and Redeemer. Before you have even begun to pray He has already heard it. Before you have even cried out to Him, He has already answered you. Christ is the All-Powerful. He is the Fullness of all perfection, the Lord and Master, the First and the Last. He is the Abyss of riches and mercy; He seeks an abyss of wretchedness that He may fill it. Acknowledge your nothingness, your utter poverty. Christ’s riches will fill you to the brim. Christ created man a weak and powerless thing in order to clothe him with His strength, with His power and with His own Divine Nature. He is the God who dwells in light inaccessible, but it is His delight to repose in the humble hearts of the children of men.
On the Cross, Christ held His arms extended all day toward those who had injured and tortured Him, wishing to draw them to His Heart and to pardon them. How much more does He desire to enfold in the arms of His love you who are humbly repentant of your sins!
He who asks receives; if you ask anything of the Father in the name of Christ, He will give it to you!
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Jeff Fasching
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
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