Toward Easter - Daily Readings & Meditations for Lent 2025 - Day 35

The world's hatred toward Christ forms the heart of today's powerful meditation as we journey through Tuesday in Passion Week. Reflecting on how Jesus walked in Galilee to avoid the murderous intentions of his enemies in Judea, we unpack the profound mystery that His suffering was entirely voluntary – He could escape when needed because "His hour had not yet come," but ultimately chose to surrender Himself for our salvation.

St. Louis de Montfort challenges us with the stark reality that faithful Christians must stand apart: "We must not believe or follow the false maxims of the world, or think, speak or act like people of the world. Their doctrine is opposed to that of incarnate wisdom, as darkness is to light and death to life." This countercultural calling resonates deeply in our secular age, where Christianity increasingly finds itself marginalized and opposed.

The meditation explores how Catholics have historically navigated hostile environments, often compromising to survive rather than standing firmly for their faith. Today's spiritual resolutions offer practical ways to strengthen our witness: making voluntary mortifications, offering interior acts of reparation when God's name is blasphemed, and praying for persecuted Christians worldwide. Even embracing silence in our noise-saturated culture becomes a radical act of spiritual resistance. As St. Vincent de Paul reminds us, "We have to be ready to suffer, sometimes in one way, sometimes in another, otherwise we would not be the disciples of this divine master." Join us in reflecting on how we might more faithfully follow Christ, even when doing so puts us at odds with the world around us.

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