As disciples of the Lord Jesus, we recognize that the Cross is an essential part of our spiritual lives.
Mass Readings – Thursday after Ash Wednesday
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St. Polycarp, pray for us!
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday: Take up your Cross. Catholic Inspiration
Ash Wednesday: We admit our fault and claim our sins. Catholic Inspiration
We begin the season of Lent by acknowledging our sins and admitting our faults. Rather than blame others or hide from our shortcomings, we place ashes on our foreheads as a sign and confession that we need Jesus to receive forgiveness and mercy.
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Daily Mass: A child can teach us how to follow Jesus. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus uses a child to teach the disciples how to live with trusting simplicity. When we are tempted to seek positions of favor and power, we are directed instead to take the Lord’s hand and follow his lead.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of the Year
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St. Peter Damian, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Prayer strengthens our faith for the challenges of life. Catholic Inspiration
After the disciples fail, Jesus drives out a demon from a little child. He later explains to them about the crucial role of prayer in the life of faith.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 7th Week of the Year
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Study, Pray, Serve: 1st Sunday of Lent
Here are some of the powerful themes that surface in the 1st Sunday of Lent.
1st Reading – Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7
- God breathes life into the man who is formed from the clay.
- In the garden in Eden, God plants many trees, including the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- The serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, and she and Adam eat it.
Psalm – 51:3-6,12-13,17
- “Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.”
- Acknowledging our sins, we call upon the Lord for mercy and ask for a clean heart and a steadfast spirit.
2nd Reading – Romans 5:12-19
- Through the transgression of one man (Adam) condemnation came upon all, so, through one righteous act (Jesus) acquittal and life came to all.
- Through the disobedience of the one man (Adam) the many were made sinners, so, through the obedience of the one (Jesus), the many will be made righteous.
Gospel – Matthew 4:1-11
- Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert, where he fasts for forty days and nights and is then tempted by the devil.
- The first temptation: command stones to become bread. Jesus rejects this, citing Deuteronomy 8:3.
- The second temptation: jump off the parapet of the temple. Jesus rejects this, citing Deuteronomy 6:16.
- The third temptation: worship Satan and receive the kingdoms of the world. Jesus rejects this, citing Deuteronomy 6:13.
Mass Readings – 1st Sunday of Lent
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7th Sunday of the Year: Love your enemies. Catholic Inspiration
It’s (in my pastoral opinion) the toughest teaching of Jesus, and it challenges us to call down help from Heaven to carry it out. May we honestly consider who is difficult to love in our lives today and strive with the Lord’s help to love…even our enemies.
Mass Readings – 7th Sunday of the Year
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Daily Mass: The faith to see God’s presence in our world. Catholic Inspiration
The Letter to the Hebrews reminds us that “faith is the realization of what is hoped for, and evidence of things not seen.” May our faith be strengthened by God’s grace, so that we might persevere in times of struggle and strife.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 6th Week of the Year
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Note: ASH WEDNESDAY is next week! How do you want to your faith in Christ to grow? Take this time now to reflect on the practical things you want to do to make this your best Lent ever.
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Daily Mass: The tower of Babel. Catholic Inspiration
As the people began to reject the Lord’s injunction to spread out over the earth, their desire to congregate together and build a tower to the heavens reveals their pride. May we take the lesson to heart and humbly acknowledge this nasty sin whenever it surfaces in our souls.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 6th Week of the Year
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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us!
Note: ASH WEDNESDAY is next week, and in preparation for Lent perhaps we might want to do a thorough Examination of Conscience.
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Daily Mass: God blesses Noah and makes a covenant. Catholic Inspiration
God blesses Noah and makes a covenant. May we see God’s blessings abound in our own lives as we turn to the Lord.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 6th Week of the Year
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Note: ASH WEDNESDAY is next week. Take this time to consider the blessings in life right now and determine how we might live them in the holy season of Lent.
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Daily Mass: Noah leaves the ark. Catholic Inspiration
As dry land reappears, Noah leaves the ark and makes an offering to God.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 6th Week of the Year
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Note: ASH WEDNESDAY is one week away; take some time over these next few days to consider how you want to enter into this powerful spiritual season.
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Lenten Bootcamp: 6th Night - A regular review of our spiritual lives
- Daily Mass: Jesus Christ is our life
- Daily Mass: In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice
- Daily Mass: The Annunciation reveals the power of the Good News in our world
- Daily Mass: Jesus Christ is the great I AM
- Study, Pray, Serve: Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
- Daily Mass: Jesus teaches a lesson about mercy
- 5th Sunday of Lent: Jesus wept
- Daily Mass: Faith in the midst of division and unrest
- Daily Mass: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
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