A Lenten Reflection by Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC

1. Unknown Promise
A Lenten Reflection
By. Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart  USA Province
305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270  Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371  info@misacor-usa.org

2. Photo by Rüdiger Kratz,
St. Ingbert
A seed needs to let go of its dormancy
and self-containment.

3. It needs to be open to the outside
forces of its environment

4. in order to be transformed into the
fullness of its unknown promise.

5. What are the
securities of my
present that I
need to abandon

6. to grow into
the promise
of all I am
called to be?

7. There is pain in the letting-go:

8. • my security
• my control
• my hurts of the
past
• my plan for the
future.

9. I want to know for
sure that my
letting go now will
generate a freer,
fuller, happier
tomorrow.

10. For each of us,
Jesus entered
into this painful
yet decisive
moment that
we each must
face.

11. In this hour and
in this place he is
with us

12. as we embrace the unknown promise

13. of new life.

14. We hope you enjoyed this reflection.
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The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart  USA Province
305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270  Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371  info@misacor-usa.org

15. Photo Credits
• Slide 1: © mipan – Fotalia.com
• Slide 2: Photo by Rüdiger Kratz, St. Ingbert via Wikimdia Commons
• Slide 3: Photo by Br. Joe Tesar, MSC
• Slide 4: Orange and Yellow Rosebud by Andrew Schmidt via
PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 5: Tiny Plant by Jean Sander via PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 6: Silhouette of Girl Expressing Joy at Sunrise or Sunset© Debi
Bishop, via www.istockphoto.com
• Slide 7: Butterfly in the Sky © Lisa Thornberg, via
www.istockphoto.com
• Slide 8: Cloudy Question Mark © Perttu Sironen, via
www.istockphoto.com

16. Photo Credits
• Slide 9: boy jumping to the sea © Tetyana Kochneva via
www.istockphoto.com
• Slide 10: Cross by Josée Holland Eclipse via
PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 11: Jesus Reaching Out © Peter Brutsch via
www.istockphoto.com
• Slide 12: Dandelion seed with water drops © Jasmina via
www.istockphoto.com
• Slide 13: Flower Buds by Petr Kratochvil via
PublicDomainPictures.net
• Slide 15-16: Fresh Spring Background by Primoz Cigler via
PublicDomainPictures.net