🌿 DAY 34 — THE UNREAD BOOK

A scholar purchased a beautiful leather-bound book
and displayed it proudly on his shelf.

For years he admired its cover,
its gold trimming,
its elegant spine—
but he never actually read it.

One day a friend picked it up,
opened it,
and gasped.
Inside were handwritten notes,
letters from an unknown author,
wisdom that had been waiting for decades.

“You owned this treasure,” the friend said,
“but never opened it.”

The scholar sat down, humbled.
He had lived beside richness
he never received.

Many people live near God
without ever opening themselves
to His voice.

We admire faith from a distance—
Mass from habit,
Scripture from afar,
prayer as decoration,
religion as culture—
but rarely open the pages
where God waits.

Lent is the invitation to open the book:
to let God speak into your heart,
to hear His notes written for you,
to discover the wisdom waiting on the inside.

Don’t place God on a shelf.
Open the pages.