Today we ask for an increase of penance. We do penance to atone
for our own sins, but also for others. As we pray in the Divine Mercy Chaplet:
“For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole
world.” When someone we love is unrepentant, we can offer our penances for them,
in the hope that God’s grace will reach their hardened hearts and bring them to
repentance.
St. Gangulphus was a virtuous
man whose wife cheated on him with a priest. “Gangulphus
. . . forbade his wife from ever sharing his marriage bed and also ordered the
priest to go abroad. Gangulphus meanwhile withdrew
to his castle at Avallon, near Vézelay, performing works of penance and charity.
However, his wife soon had her lover return. Hurrying back, the priest, wishing
to decapitate Gangulphus, attacked him as he
slept. However, the priest missed and injured Gangulphus' thigh. The wound, however, proved to be fatal
and Gangulphus received the last sacraments on 11 May 760.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangulphus.
Dear Lord, I pray for myself and (names). Through the
intercession of St. Gangulphus, please increase our willingness to do penance. In
examining our conscience, repenting of our sins, and doing penance, may we grow
closer to You. We offer these acts in reparation
for our sins and for all those who have hurt us. Through our prayers and
example, may they come to repentance and conversion. Amen.
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