Saturday of 1st Week in Lent Gratuitous Covenant Love Introduction The life of a pious Jew could be summed up as a response to God’s covenant of love with a covenant loyalty. This is also the life of a Christian, even more so: as God takes the initiative of offering his gratuitous love to […]
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Friday of 1st Week in Lent Personal Responsibility — Eucharist and Reconciliation Introduction Often we blame the community and “the system” for the evils of society and for the sins we commit. This shrugging off of responsibility is a timeless device of escape. Christ dealt with it and so did Ezekiel before him. Ezekiel […]
Thursday of 1st Week in Lent I Have No Helper But You Introduction Prayer discloses all the riches of God’s goodness to us. God cannot resist us when we turn to him in our misery, in our needs, in our joy, even in our silence when we don’t know what to say. But […]
Wednesday of 1st Week in Lent Conversion Introduction Even for pagans, even for those known for their cruelty, like the people that enslaved the Jews, it is possible to be converted. When the author of the Book of Jonah told this to the Jews, it was an astonishing message to them. For Jews, yes, […]
Tuesday of 1st Week in Lent Word from God and Word to God Introduction God speaks his word to people in many ways: first of all, his word-in-action, that is, his saving deeds; his words written down in the Bible again, more the language of action than of words; the words he speaks […]
Monday of 1st Week in Lent STS. PERPETUA AND FELICITY, Martyrs Introduction Today we celebrate two women martyrs from Carthage, North Africa. Perpetua was a noblewoman, Felicity a slave girl. Both were arrested in a raid on Christians. Each had recently given birth and the Roman authorities tried to use their first newborn […]
First Sunday Of Lent Jesus Went Through Our Temptations With Jesus in the Desert Greeting (See Second Reading) May the word of God be near you, on your lips and in your heart. May your lips confess here that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. May his grace be always with you. R/ And […]
Saturday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Re-creating Encounter Introduction Jesus came to call sinners. It is they that need him, not so much the just, the righteous. It is the sinners who need healing. We are among them, and so we need healing. The Pharisees considered themselves just, but there was little mercy in them; their […]
Friday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Why Fast? Introduction People in the Old Testament ask: What is the use of fasting? God seems not to be near when they fast. The prophet tells them because real fasting consists in justice and love. Since God has made a covenant with his people, that covenant comprises also justice […]
Thursday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Fidelity Brings Life — Time of Penance Introduction Faithfulness is not easy except if we are intensely committed to a person we love. If we are loyal, we share in the joys and trials of the other person and we never lose our serenity or basic happiness. This is […]