Category Archives: Lent

2nd Sunday of Lent: Christ is our hope. Catholic Inspiration

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The Transfiguration reveals the glory of Jesus while on his journey to the Cross in Jerusalem. This glimpse of the Lord’s majesty provides hope, offering grace and strength to all who strive to carry their Crosses through this life.

Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of Lent

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Daily Mass: Love your enemies. Catholic Inspiration

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This is one of the toughest teachings to carry out in Christianity. Love is often something we cherish…until we are called upon to love someone who has hurt us or those we care about. Yet without this crucial command we cannot heal and grow as children of God.

Mass Readings – Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent

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Daily Mass: Be reconciled with one another. Catholic Inspiration

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The Lord teaches the disciples about the essential element of reconciliation in the spiritual life.

Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent

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Daily Mass: Christ invites us to ask for what we need. Catholic Inspiration

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The readings today all emphasize the urgent invitation to pray for what we need. This is prayer that flows from the heart and unites with the mind to ask for what is necessary as we journey through this life.

Mass Readings – Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent

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A note from Fr. Andrew: For all who have been directly affected by the war in Ukraine, I keep you in my daily prayers from the altar.


Daily Mass: We are called to repent of our sins. Catholic Inspiration

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The readings today all point out the crucial need to repent of our sins. It’s one of those teachings that we all acknowledge yet find hard at times to carry out. May we call upon the Lord for the grace we need to honestly admit our faults and seek God’s forgiveness.

Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent

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St. Frances of Rome, pray for us!


Daily Mass: Christ commands us to forgive one another. Catholic Inspiration

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Christ emphasizes the Lord’s Prayer with the crucial command to forgive one another. May we take this essential teaching to heart and live it in our daily lives.

Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent

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St. John of God, pray for us!


Daily Mass: When we serve those in need, we serve the Lord. Catholic Inspiration

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The Lord reveals in the Gospel of Matthew how he takes on the services we render to the suffering and marginalized as being done to him. May we take the lesson to heart as we offer our lives to help others today.

Mass Readings – Monday of the 1st Week of Lent

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St. Perpetua and St. Felicity, pray for us!


Study, Pray, Serve: 2nd Sunday of Lent

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Here are some of the central themes in the readings for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.

1st Reading – Genesis 15:5-12,17-18

  • God promises that Abram’s descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  • God makes a covenant with Abram and grants to his descendants a new land.

Psalm – 27:1,7-9,13-14

  • “The Lord is my light and my salvation.”
  • We seek the Lord for courage and strength.

2nd Reading – Philippians 3:17-4:1

  • Paul invites the people to be imitators of his example, following the Cross of Christ.
  • We stand firm in the Lord, as we claim our citizenship in heaven.

Gospel – Luke 9:28b-36

  • Jesus takes Peter, James and John up a mountain where he is transfigured in glory.
  • A voice proclaims, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”

Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of Lent

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1st Sunday of Lent: Recognizing and responding to temptation. Catholic Inspiration

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As Jesus is tempted by the devil in the wilderness, we understand that temptation is part of the landscape of human life. Through our recognition and response, we are able to face our temptations with God’s grace.

Mass Readings – 1st Sunday of Lent

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Daily Mass: We repent and return to the Lord. Catholic Inspiration

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Christ calls Levi, who follows him and invites others to meet Jesus. May the Lord’s longing to call sinners to repentance inspire us to repent of the evil we have done and return on the path that leads to Heaven.

Mass Readings – Saturday after Ash Wednesday

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