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Persevere, keep up the good fight!

Dear friends,

May the peace of Christ be with you. We pray that your Lenten penances are going well; be sure to pray for the grace of Holy Perseverance. If you haven’t joined any daily events yet, not to worry, you can join at any time!

Please find below our schedule for next week.
God bless you and we hope to see you soon!

What’s on for next week?

Mass: Wednesday, 12:15pm-1:00pm, CB.03.05.29
(Confession available before Mass from 11:45am-12:10pm)

Daily Rosary: Monday-Friday, 11:45am-12pm on the Alumni Green.
(Or inside if raining)

Daily Bible Study: Monday-Friday, 3pm, in the food court located in Building 2.

Daily Lenten reflections can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjWnxF_-meyuONB7T7SSJnVovSOe2FOyI

For more details on upcoming events, keep scrolling!

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Mass is on campus every Wednesday for you with Confession available beforehand.

***Rosary - 11:45am
Confession - 11:45am-12:10pm
Mass - 12:15pm
Location - CB.03.05.29

World Youth Day 2023

Interested in going to World Youth Day 2023? Email Tony to find out more!

Weekly Reflections

From the Mirror of Love
by Saint Aelred, abbot

Christ, the model of brotherly love.
Taken from the Office of Readings from Friday 1st Week of Lent.

The perfection of brotherly love lies in the love of one’s enemies. We can find no greater inspiration for this than grateful remembrance of the wonderful patience of Christ. He who is more fair than all the sons of men offered his fair face to be spat upon by sinful men; he allowed those eyes that rule the universe to be blindfolded by wicked men; he bared his back to the scourges; he submitted that head which strikes terror in principalities and powers to the sharpness of the thorns; he gave himself up to be mocked and reviled, and at the end endured the cross, the nails, the lance, the gall, the vinegar, remaining always gentle, meek and full of peace.

In short, he was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before the shearers he kept silent, and did not open his mouth.

Who could listen to that wonderful prayer, so full of warmth, of love, of unshakeable serenity – Father, forgive them – and hesitate to embrace his enemies with overflowing love? Father, he says, forgive them. Is any gentleness, any love, lacking in this prayer?

Yet he put into it something more. It was not enough to pray for them: he wanted also to make excuses for them. Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. They are great sinners, yes, but they have little judgement; therefore, Father, forgive them. They are nailing me to the cross, but they do not know who it is that they are nailing to the cross: if they had known, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory; therefore, Father, forgive them. They think it is a lawbreaker, an impostor claiming to be God, a seducer of the people. I have hidden my face from them, and they do not recognise my glory; therefore, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

If someone wishes to love himself he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful nature he must enlarge the whole horizon of his love to contemplate the loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord. Further, if he wishes to savour the joy of brotherly love with greater perfection and delight, he must extend even to his enemies the embrace of true love.

But if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Saviour.