Holiness is your goal. Perfection in love is your goal. Don't stop at the means to holiness and idolize them. Don't take the means for the end, nor the end for the means. Do not make the means your goal and your purpose; do not use holiness as a means to other ends (Words of Saint Charbel, Hanna Skandar, p.82).Holiness is your goal. Perfection in love is your goal. Don't stop at the means to holiness and idolize them. Don't take the means for the end, nor the end for the means. Do not make the means your goal and your purpose; do not use holiness as a means to other ends (Words of Saint Charbel, Hanna Skandar, p.82).

This is Holy Week.

There are some very exciting moments ahead. From the anointing of the sick on Wednesday to the Lord's Supper on Thursday, from the burial on Friday to the raising of the tomb on Saturday and, finally, the night of the Resurrection!

These intense times help us to understand and experience all that Jesus has done for us, and all that He will always do for us.

These times make us understand that we must die to ourselves to be born in Jesus. Every year is like a new baptism.

During these times of prayer and whatever we plan to do up to Sunday, let's never lose sight of why we're doing it. They won't be performances to deliver or obligations to fulfill. Absolutely not!

Let's live this blessed time only out of true love for Jesus, to encounter Him even more intimately, to find and receive God's Holy Spirit within us!

May God's love guide us to His Resurrection!

Fraternally in Christ

+Nicolas

Bishop of the Celtic Orthodox Church in SwitzerlandBishop of the Celtic Orthodox Church in Switzerland