As part of our keeping of the season of Lent, a member of the Georgetown Prep community will offer an Ignatian thought, reflection, and prayer each Sunday. These offerings are meant to encourage us to pray together over common themes and concerns. Weekly reflections will be archived on the Lenten Reflections page.
Ignatian Thought
What have I done for Christ? What am I doing for Christ? What ought I do for Christ?
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
Reflection
Every year, when the Lenten season comes around, I think of the word "sacrifice". I think of the sacrificial resolutions we often make during this time. Perhaps no sugar, or no TV. I think of the sacrifices that those around me have made that have formed me into the person I am today. Sacrifices of time and effort, made out of love. But above all else, I think of the ultimate sacrifice. The sacrifice that we are reminded of every time we walk into Church for mass. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Whenever we make sacrifices we are honoring Jesus, and especially during Lent, we follow Jesus's example on the cross by choosing to "pick up our own crosses". We show Jesus that we are willing to make our own sacrifices as a way to say thank you for his. In this Lenten season, as you ponder what you should give up or what your resolution should be,I ask that you not forget why we are called to make sacrifices in the first place. We do it to show Jesus how much his sacrifice on the Cross means to us.
- Brendan Ryan '19
Prayer
Lord, teach us to be generous,
Teach us to serve as you deserve,
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labor and not to ask for reward,
Save that of know that I do your will