What Does God Think of You? | Second Week in Lent

In this second week of Lent with the Ascension Lenten Companion, Fr. Toups reminds us that if you need to start over with your Lenten commitment already, God does not think of you as a failure. If you are doing well, God wants you to go deeper.

If you’re struggling due to distractions and discouragements, take heart because God wants to remind you that you are his son or daughter—and he is not giving up on you. You didn’t do anything wrong. Trust God. He is here with you.

Or maybe you’re really persevering this Lent. Maybe God is revealing truths to you that you had only hoped to find. This is awesome. Keep going. There is always more that God wants to show you.

See yourself as God sees you, as he sees all his loved ones:

“Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave” (Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, 18).

God is never surprised about the things you find when you explore the depths of your heart. In fact, he has been waiting for you to talk to him about these hidden things.

Be not afraid. God looks upon his sons and daughters with the eyes of love.

The Ascension Lenten Companion
Featuring Father Mark Toups

General Manager - Patrick McCabe
Product Manager - Julia Coppa
Producer - Matt Pirrall
Cinematographer - Sean Boyd
Editor - Matt Longua
Script Supervisor - Lauren McCann
Camera Operators - Jon Vaders and Sean Boyd
Grips - Kevin Goff and Dan Brady
Sound Mixers - Matt Martin and Sean Hoffman
Crew Coordinator - John Baumgartner
Graphic Designer - Stella Ziegler

Special Thanks to Aileen Kain, Nicholas Salkowski, and Jacquelyn Hayes

Shot on location at St Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, PA; National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, PA; and National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC.

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