“Do not imagine that in Heaven there is the least regard for a king or an emperor. Just like the poorest rag-picker, they are individually valued and weighed, according to the weight of their charity and of their detachment.”

~ St. Bernadette Speaks, by Fr. Albert Bessieres, SJ, 1956.

As we prepare for Lent to begin tomorrow...let us "weigh" ourselves on our charity and our detachment from worldly things. Of course, we have to deal with worldly things on a day-to-day basis, but we shouldn't be *attached* to them. Charity and Detachment...if we were filled with these two, we would find joy and peace -- even in this world!