This morning, I woke up and somehow remembered to say my morning offering. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this prayer, it goes more or less like this:
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer thee
all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions
of thy Sacred Heart in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the
world, in reparation for my sins, and for all the intentions of the Holy
Father. Amen
Yesterday, Kendra at Catholic All Year
created some awesome prints of this prayer and I promptly put one up in my
cubicle thinking I was once again doing a stand-up job at promoting my catholic
faith in the workplace.
That lasted about
half an hour before I started realizing how terrible I am at living my day for
Christ. Because the truth is, I’m often forgetful of the fact that Christ is
ALWAYS with me. (I’d like to think He only shows up for the good
moments, like when I stay for adoration after mass.) Today, He was with me when
I text –argued with my husband over the price of a stroller, He was there when
I was ungrateful for my job, He was there when I was annoyed by my co-worker
and He was there when I thought mean things about a customer while on the
phone.
The sad thing is all
of that happened before 12 PM and I literally can’t think of one nice thing I
did today to glorify Christ. When you get wrapped up in your day to day, it’s
easy to forget about Him. But He never leaves you even when you are being the
world’s biggest grump and feeling sorry about yourself because you’re 7 months
pregnant and wishing you could wear pyjamas to work.
The morning offering
has a way of reminding me that this day does not belong to me and so I should
make an extra effort to live it like Jesus was physically standing next to me,
possibly whispering encouraging words in my ear. He knows that this pregnancy
has been sucky for me, and he knows that I’m sick of work and that I’m stressed
out over moving. However, He also knows (and I do too) that I’m capable of doing better than that and
seeing the words of the morning offering reminds me of the promise I made to
Him just a few hours ago.
Thankfully, I know
Christ doesn’t hold this morning’s failures against me and I can try living out
the rest of my day like I had originally intended - without beating myself up
or wallowing away in guilt. He will keep
forgiving my shortcomings every day until the day I die, and if I really mess
up, I can always go to confession and have the slate wiped clean. How lucky are
we that we have a God who loves us so much that He will keep forgiving us
regardless of how many sins we commit and how many times we commit them?
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