The Breaking Dawn

“At the jubilee Mass in Reims, John Paul, who had asked France sixteen years before whether she was still faithful to her baptismal vows, asked the men and women of 1996 to read their history through the story of French sanctity. French Catholic history had its dark periods, marked by infidelity and confrontation. But every trial, night envelops us that we must think of the breaking dawn, that we must believe that the Church is reborn each morning through her saints.” Witness to Hope by George Weigel

JMJ

As night brings forth trial, the breaking dawn arises and the Greatness of the Love of Christ envelopes the soul towards a most profound intimate encounter with the Living God! The morning arises to renew in all the faithful a spirit of faith and belief in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church! Christ is the Head and we are His members and renewed in this strength, the saints come alive as the Hope that brings forth new life amidst a Dark World in Great Need of the Light of the World! Christ responds not in the way that Man expects, but beyond what is unfathomable to the human capacity of understanding and reason. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End! No Word can fathom the Living God made Flesh and the Mystery of the Incarnation that can transform what is most natural to that which is Eternal! O Divine Being, Eternal Creator and Father, enveloped by darkness we encounter You all the more! For in this darkness comes forth the Breaking Dawn; the Dawn from on High shall break upon us and shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. We who are Your servants are now Your friends, a most intimate relationship with You, O Divine Deity, Christ, Redeemer and Savior of all Mankind!

O Divine Majesty, create anew in the hearts that have been broken and purified by the night of darkness through a faith that realizes the reality of Man and his encounter with His Creator. In the trial of night, we encounter You all the more, for it is in faith that Man responds. Reborn anew the heart of Your Church through the rising of the Breaking Dawn that creates and arises New Saints in Your Church today! Saints in love with You, O Christ! Saints that have known their own humanity and have found refuge in the mystery of Your Incarnation! Saints alive in the faith that brings forth the Breaking Dawn of New Light amidst a time of darkness! Increase our faith, O Lord, make that which is invisible visible to the hearts that know and believe in the Risen Christ! We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world! O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.