Have our days of penance in Lent, our commemoration of the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection, produced any external fruit that enriches the lives of those around us?
Just as Christ rose from the dead, in a sense we too must continuously rise from sin, from spiritual death. It is extremely important that if the reformation of our lives is real, it should manifest itself in a strong desire to avoid sin and follow Christ in a firm commitment towards virtuous external acts.
“How I wish your bearing and conversation were such that, on seeing or hearing you, people would say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ.” (St. José María Escriva)
“If my resurrection is to be a real one and is to produce fruit, it must be external, so that all may see I am not the same man, that my life is changed in Christ.” (Ven. Fr Willie Doyle)
Catholicism Pure & Simple 
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