Tuesday of 3rd Week in Lent Forgive Us As We Forgive Introduction We don’t like too much – or not at all – to acknowledge it, but we have been forgiven a lot. Open, scandalous, upsetting sins… maybe not. Probably not. But scandalous in the sense of totally unexpected on the part of people […]
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Monday of 3rd Week in Lent Salvation for Pagans Introduction Today’s liturgy thinks especially of converts who are baptized and immersed into the baptismal water. Are conversion and missionary action still valid? Why be concerned about unknown, distant peoples? – Elisha cured the pagan officer from Damascus, Syria, and the man found both […]
Third Sunday Of Lent Unless You Repent I Have Seen the Misery of My People Greeting (See First Reading) The Lord says: ”I have seen the misery of my people; I have heard their cry to be free; I am aware of their suffering. I intend to set them free.” May this caring God […]
SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH Patron of the Church Introduction Today’s gospel calls Joseph “a just man.” It is a title that the scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments give to people who try to live according to God’s plans. Indeed, he played an important role in God’s plan of salvation; God entrusted […]
Friday of 2nd Week in Lent Suffering Saves Introduction Joseph suffered because his brothers were jealous. Yet later he would save them from famine. Jesus was rejected and died for our sins. He became the keystone for a new kingdom, for the life of all. And we? We want happiness without pain, without […]
Thursday of 2nd Week in Lent People Suffer. See Their Needs Introduction Those who place their faith in themselves and in the means they possess are not open to God or God’s kingdom. They make themselves their own gods and adore what they have made. They adore the golden calf. They fail to […]
Wednesday of 2nd Week in Lent Suffering of the Prophet Introduction A prophet is always an annoying person. His mission is to call attention to the signs of the times – to denounce what no one dares denounce, to prod into action when all stand still and like to take it easy. His task […]
Tuesday of 2nd Week in Lent Religion is Interior — No Hypocrisy Introduction When we know our faith and practice our religious duties and observances – when we go to Mass and the sacraments and practice penance during Lent – are we good Christians? Only if our heart is in what we do. […]
Monday of 2nd Week in Lent The Sinner Seeks Forgiveness Introduction Acknowledging sin, being sorry for it and seeking forgiveness is a reality that can only exist where there is genuine friendship and the awareness that this friendship has been hurt or even destroyed. Without friendship with God and with people, sin remains […]
Second Sunday Of Lent A Transfiguring Light With Jesus on the Mountain Greeting (See Second Reading) The Lord Jesus Christ will transform our perishable human bodies and make them glorious like his own. May his light and peace be with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant A Transfiguring Light […]