1 Peter 2:20-25

Second reading

1 Peter 2:20-25 ·

You have come back to the shepherd of your souls

The merit, in the sight of God, is in bearing punishment patiently when you are punished after doing your duty.

This, in fact, is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and left an example for you to follow the way he took. He had not done anything wrong, and there had been no perjury in his mouth. He was insulted and did not retaliate with insults; when he was tortured he made no threats but he put his trust in the righteous judge. He was bearing our faults in his own body on the cross, so that we might die to our faults and live for holiness; through his wounds you have been healed. You had gone astray like sheep but now you have come back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Père Raphael (17th century)

Holy Mary,

my Queen and sovereign Lady, I give you myself,

trusting in your fidelity and your protection.

I surrender myself entirely to your motherly tenderness, my body, my soul,

all that I am, all that I possess, for the whole of this day, for every moment of my life, and especially at the hour of my death.

I entrust to you once more all my hopes, all my consolations, all my anxieties, all my troubles, my life, my dying breath,

so that by your prayers and merits, 1 may have, in all I do, one only goal, your good pleasure and the holy will of your Son.

Père Raphael (17th century)

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