“But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.” – Isaiah 53:5
My friend’s 13-year daughter drew this picture of Jesus. She explained that she was up late one night thinking about the meaning of Lent and why we sacrifice things during that time. She really thought hard about the ultimate sacrifice that Christ made for us and how he suffered and this is what she envisioned and decided to draw as a reminder of that sacrifice.
What might God be asking you to offer up? Have you asked him with an open heart?
About Fr Simon Devereux LC
FR SIMON was born on February 4, 1979, in Dunedin, New Zealand, the seventh son of Marie and Michael Devereux. He entered the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, on September 15, 1997. After his novitiate and year of humanities in Cheshire, he studied a bachelor’s in Philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome from 2000 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2007, a licentiate in Philosophy. In between, he worked as a youth minister in Quebec, Canada, and he made his perpetual profession in Rome on October 4, 2005. In 2010 he completed a three-year bachelor’s degree in Theology and was ordained on Christmas Eve of the same year with 60 of his brother Legionaries by Card. Velasio di Paolis. Two of his brothers are also Legionary priests. Fr Simon is now based at the Legion of Christ seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut.
“But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.” – Isaiah 53:5
This very intense picture and your “post” has given me pause. What is God asking me to offer up? I want to give Him so much of my paltry self–but alas–I only seem to have a few crumbs here and there that I am able to offer up. Let’s see…..my broken “pinky” toe? No, not enough. My forever love and devotion? No, not enough. My tearful, sorrowful self? Maybe? My continued perserverence to do His will for the rest of my days? I can never love, pray, or thank Him enough for His abundant gifts.