Helloooo! I was bored a couple of night’s ago and thought I’d practice a little bit of my second favorite language, French! Here’s a brief reflection on Holy Week and Easter that I wrote in French with the English translation below. I’m sure some of my French speaking friends will find some errors, let me know where they are so I don’t make them again! 🙂
Mes frères et sœurs :
               Cette semaine est vraiment très sainte ! Cette semaine est très sainte parce quâ€
Pourquoi ? Pourquoi est-ce que cette semaine est différente du reste de lâ€
Quelquefois, nous voulons abandonner notre chemin de la sainteté parce que le chemin est trop difficile ou trop long pour nous ; nous voulons dire à nous-mêmes « Je ne suis pas assez fort pour la vie Christiane. Ou est mon Dieu ? Est-ce quâ€
Alors, aujourdâ€
Alors, chaque matin, quand je me réveiller, je vais dire avec une grande joie :
« Ouvrez les yeux de mon cÅ“ur, aujourdâ€
Cette semaine est très spécial. Il attend pour vous, il attend pour moi. Abandonnez votre cœur dans son cœur. Vous y trouverez la vraie paix et le vrai bonheur.
Que Dieu vous bénisse !
Joyeux Pâques !
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And in English:
Dear brothers and sisters:
               This week is truly very holy! This week is very holy because it is the week of the passion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly, this week we must meet God in the world, in our families, in our brothers and sisters and children, and, most important, in our hearts. All throughout the year, God speaks to us in our hearts, but he speaks especially during this very holy week.
               Why? Why is this week different from the rest of the year? Again, through his passion and resurrection, we meet Jesus! Jesus has died so that we can be free! Free from what? Free from our sins, free from the wounds of our hearts, and free from the shame of our lives. Because of his blood, our wounds become a blessing.
               Sometimes, we want to abandon our way of holiness because the way is too difficult or too long for us; we want to say to ourselves, “I am not strong enough for the Christian life. Where is my God? Does he love me?â€
               So today, let us say to our God, our Father, and our King, “My father, my sins are many and great. I need your love! I want your love for me! I need to know your love.†I promise, the Lord will listen to you because he loves you!
               So each morning, when I wake up, I will say with great joy:
               “Open the eyes of my heart today! Open the eyes of my heart because I am your son! I am a son of God! Jesus Christ is my Redeemer, my King, my God, and my best friend! He is my brother. My magnificent, my extraordinary, my sensational God: I love you! I love you! I love you!â€
               This week is very special. He waits for you, he waits for me. Abandon your heart into his heart. There you will find true peace and true happiness.
               God bless you!
               Happy Easter!
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