Septuagesima Sunday 2017
Septuagesima Sunday gives us notice that we are in the season of 70 days before Easter. Â In this a time of preparation for the Lenten season, we need to cultivate the virtue of humility which wars against the vice of pride. Â Humility, although absolutely necessary for us to attain heaven, is one of the most difficult virtues to achieve because of the times in which we live. Â All the inducements of the world tell us we have nothing for which to be sorry. Yet we know that a humble person stands before God in a far more desirable manner than a proud one. Â In fact, it has been said that a proud man will never get to Heaven. Â So, we have this seventy-day period to practice the virtue of humility not by “beating at the air” but by subjecting our bodies to a vigorous regime of prayer and sacrifice, leading to the prize we all desire – our eternal salvation. Â Â
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