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God’s unruly works
… begins with God’s loving initiative. God always takes the first step. … Fourth Sunday of Lent … 1 Samuel 16: 1b , 6-7; 10-13a Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 The second step, …
God is in our midst and is working through us
… needed. The Gospel lesson, especially, also teaches us God is in our midst in Jesus. During Lent, as I've mentioned before, it's important that we spend time fasting, penance, almsgiving, … us when we begin to really take this incident apart and understand it. … Third Sunday of Lent … Exodus 17:3-7 Psalms 94:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 Full text of the …
Who wants to live in the United States?
… include This external link will open in a new window Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent and This external link will open in a new window In the Image of Christ: Essays on Being …
Wrestling with Hard Questions
… Gabe Huck … During this season of Lent, Celebration formation writer Gabe Huck reflects on what the Gospel calls us to do: seek the … Daily Bread, and more. Enjoy these materials in your parish community as you journey from Lent into Easter. Click here to view the Celebration resource page. Illustration by Julie …
Third Sunday of Lent
… “He told me everything I have done.” What’s interesting about this in the context of Lent is that we have a conversion story that doesn’t focus at all on sinfulness or even … enticed others into a similar encounter. The church offers us this story in this third week of Lent and invites us to meditate on the woman and her transformation. It reminds us that our faith … layers of meaning, each building on the other. The same is true for his active scenes. During Lent we might approach the incident with the woman at the well as a screen play depicting …
A Samaritan apostle
… and ending with hearing Jesus identify himself as the Christ (theology). … Third Sunday of Lent … Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-2 John 4:5-42 So, what was her message? “He told me … that she came to believe he had come from God. What’s interesting about this in the context of Lent is that we have a conversion story that doesn’t focus at all on sinfulness or even … enticed others into a similar encounter. The church offers us this story in this third week of Lent and invites us to meditate on the woman and her transformation. It reminds us that our faith …
Corned beef conundrum: Some dioceses give St. Patrick's Day dispensation
… a celebration of all things Irish and even green. This March 17, since it falls on a Friday in Lent, also is a time of penitence. The timing has not gone unnoticed by some U.S. bishops. Before Lent even started, many of them issued dispensations for Catholics in their dioceses allowing … it. Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki noted that abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent is an "important dimension of the penitential nature of the season," but he said Catholics …
Listen to Jesus, see how he acts, follow him
… for us to remind ourselves of last Sunday's lessons. You may remember, the first Sunday of Lent we always hear the incident about Jesus going out into the desert and being tempted by the … quoted to him reasons why Jesus would not respond to the Devil's wishes. … Second Sunday of Lent … Genesis 12:1-4a Psalms 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Timothy 18b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 Full text of … if you attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, that there were three things we are asked to do during Lent: to pray more intensely than ever before; to fast and do penance; and to give alms, to share …
Second Sunday of Lent
… was in the sight of God. All that was left was to learn to listen to him. This second week of Lent invites us to behold the Christ of our tradition, to remember our peak moments of faith, and … the unearthly immensity of the promise —led Abraham to pack up. As we enter the second week of Lent, the Church offers us Abraham as an example and a patron. Unlike the prophets who protested … disciples, except for the three additional words: “Listen to him.” … Planning: 2nd Sunday of Lent … By: … Lawrence Mick This first readings for today as well as for the next two Sundays …
Listen to him
… Jesus whom you know is rooted in the best, the deepest of your tradition.” … Second Sunday of Lent … Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 33 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 Moses and Elijah “were … was in the sight of God. All that was left was to learn to listen to him. This second week of Lent invites us to behold the Christ of our tradition, to remember our peak moments of faith, and …
Read the Scriptures to be ready when temptation comes
… Gumbleton … In our opening prayer this morning, we prayed, "Oh God, through our observance of Lent, help us to understand the meaning of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and then teach us to reflect it in our own lives." That's why we celebrate Lent, so that we can take some special time during our church year, special time in our life, to … lessons today, we begin (and we'll have a chance every Sunday and even through the weekdays of Lent) to continue to listen to the Scriptures to teach us that meaning of Jesus and how we …
Holy disruption continues to shape my journey today
… This is the moment to turn tables at the sight of corruption in our temples. In this season of Lent, I pray that we might rise from the ashes of separation and fear to create our world anew, …
First Sunday of Lent
… Mary M. McGlone … Our Lent starts with stories that take us from the garden to the desert — symbolically as well as … its travails. To start us off on our forty-day journey, the readings for the First Sunday of Lent deliberately feature the part of the creation story with “the Fall.” The tragedy of this … As Paul tells us, one man’s obedience opened the way of life to all. … Planning: 1st Sunday of Lent … By: … Lawrence Mick Almost everybody, even non-Christians, knows that Lent is about sin. …
The way to life
… Mary M. McGlone … Our Lent starts with stories that take us from the garden to the desert — symbolically as well as … So Eve takes a closer look. She decides it’s time to think for herself. … First Sunday of Lent … Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Psalm 51 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Eve now enters into the first …
'The Shack': finding God in the dark
… If you are angry at God for any reason, test it out at the movie theater. Take a risk during Lent that you may find God in the cinematic art, and in the dark, at the multiplex. [Sr. Rose …
Links for 03/03/17
… all black, so the ashes would blend in. He is doing his best to give up chasing cats for Lent. Ambrose is having a rough time with Clementine's death. I had to run into town yesterday to …
Lent is a time to grow in the faith
… Thomas Reese … In Catholic culture, Lent is often seen as a time of fasting and self-denial. That is certainly part of the tradition, … ancient tradition, but when the number of adult baptisms declined, the penitential side of Lent came to the fore. In some places, the practice of fasting for 40 days after the Epiphany in … time in the desert was combined with a shorter period of fasting immediately before Easter. Lent also became a time of public penance prior to being readmitted to the church at Easter. …
In Lent message, California bishops urge easing current 'climate of fear'
… Rhina Guidos … Catholic News Service … The California Catholic Conference in a Lent message issued on Ash Wednesday said "it is long past time for our leaders to stop allowing … … with an eye to one day becoming citizens." The March 1 statement makes a plea that during Lent, "a time when Christian people devote ourselves more intentionally to the spiritual and …
Lent is time to relive exodus from slavery to freedom, pope says
… the pope said at his weekly general audience March 1, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent for Latin-rite Catholics. "Lent lives within this dynamic: Christ precedes us with his exodus and we cross the desert, … popemobile and warmly embraced the pope. In his main audience talk, the pope said that while Lent is a time of "penance and even mortification," it is also "a time of hope" for Christians …
Lent, true Christian life and Pope Francis
… Pat Perriello … How can we best live the Christian life during Lent? As we begin the season of Lent this year, it might be a good time to reflect upon what our Christian faith is really all … crimes. I think Francis is right. We have a duty to the stranger, the foreigner in our land. Lent may be a good time to reflect on what is happening in our country and ask whether it …