Look at the Altar

 Get the written version in your email inbox every morning by subscribing for free at TheVictorsCrown.com---Look at the AltarDuring the season of Lent, we offer up prayers, fasting, and almsgiving to God.If we want to know how to make that offering, we can look at the Mass. We can look at the altar.And it’s pretty simple: we offer God our best.Look at the tabernacle. The candles. The chalice and paten. The priest’s vestments. The marble. The stained glass. The sacred vessels.Everything in a church is—or at least should be—pointing to the best we can offer.Because that’s what God deserves.This is true in our daily prayer. And it’s true in how we approach Lent.How can we offer God our best?The fast that costs you something. The almsgiving that requires sacrifice. The discipline that makes you grow.Look at the altar. Look at what the Church offers to God.Then ask: What am I offering?Let us pray.Lord, teach us to offer You our best. In our prayers, our fasting, our almsgiving this Lent, help us give You what You deserve: our whole hearts, our full attention, our very best. In Jesus’ name. Amen.Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us. Get full access to The Victor's Crown at www.thevictorscrown.com/subscribe