Stations
of The Cross: For Our Times
AN INTRODUCTION:
We gather on this day as Christians united in prayer. In the midst of our busy lives we pause to pray as we reflect on the suffering journey of Christ.
Stations of the Cross - 1: For our Times
Saturday after Ash Wednesday, March 5th
Saturday after Ash Wednesday, March 5th
Isaiah 58: 9-14 / Luke 5: 27-32
Jesus talks about his mission: " "I came for those who need help.
Friday after Ash Wednesday, March 4th
Friday after Ash Wednesday, March 4th
Isaiah 58:1-9 / Matthew 9:14-15
Jesus talks about fasting: "My disciples will fast after I go.”
Thursday after Ash Wednesday, March 3rd: Reflection and Liturgy
Thursday after Ash Wednesday, March 3rd
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 / Luke 9:22-25
Jesus talks about the cross: "Pick it up daily and follow me"
Lent - Reflections
Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism.
8 Sunday C - Liturgical Prayers
Greeting (See Second Reading)
Let us thank God for giving the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Risen Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you.
Ash Wednesday - Liturgy
1. "I Will Serve"
Greeting
The peace and reconciliation of the merciful Father be always with you. R/ And also with you.
8th Week, Tuesday, March 1
8th Week, Tuesday, March 1
1 Peter 1:10-16 / Mark 10:28-31
Recall Scripture's words; “Be holy because I am holy.”
7 Sunday C: Liturgical Prayers
Greetings
The Spirit of the Lord
makes flexible what is rigid,
kindles what is frigid,
and straightens what is wayward.
May the Lord give you this Spirit
and be always with you.
R/ And also with you.
8 Sunday C - Authenticity as a Disciple
Gospel text Luke 6:39-45
Textual Comments
This passage can be read in the context of last week’s reading, as four parables, four concrete applications of the two central principles stated in last week’s passage – loving our enemies and sharing our possession with the poor:
8th Week, Monday, Feb 28th
8th Week, Monday, Feb 28th
1 Peter 1:3-9 / Mark 10:17-27
You may have to suffer, But it will purify your faith.
7th Week, Saturday, Feb 26th
7th Week, Saturday, Feb 26th
James 5:13-20 / Mark 10:13-16
Remember this! Whoever converts a sinner does great work.
7th Week, Friday, Feb 25th
7th Week, Friday, Feb 25th
James 5:9-12 / Mark 10:1-12
Use the prophets as models; Be patient!
7th Week, Thursday, Feb 24: Reflection & Liturgy
7th Week, Thursday, Feb 24
James 5:1-6 / Mark 9:41-50
Your riches have rotted; Your gold is covered with rust.
7 Sunday C: True Christian Love - Radicality
Introduction: The readings today are linked
together by one main theme: the power of Christian love, when
exercised in unconditional forgiveness.
7th Week, Wednesday, Feb 23: POLYCARP OF SMYRNA
7th Week, Wednesday, Feb 23: POLYCARP OF SMYRNA
James 4:13-17 / Mark 9:38-40
Tomorrow is uncertain; “Life is brief like a puff of smoke.”
Chair of St. Peter, February 22
Chair of St. Peter, February 22
1 Peter 5:1-4 / Matthew 16:13-19
Peter's Chair; “Who do you say lam?
7th Week, Monday, Feb 21st - Reflection & Liturgy
7th Week, Monday, Feb 21st - Reflection & Liturgy
James 3:13-18 / Mark 9:14-29
True wisdom is
from above: It is humble and filled with good sense.
6th Week, Saturday, Feb 19th: Reflection & Liturgy
6th Week, Saturday, Feb 19th
James 3:1-10 / Mark 9:2-13
James talks about our speech; We ought not to curse our brothers.
6th Week, Friday, Feb 18th- Reflection & Liturgy
6th Week, Friday, Feb18th- Reflection & Liturgy
James 2:14-24, 26 / Mark 8:34 - 9:1
James talks about
helping people: Faith without words is dead.
6th Week, Thursday, Feb 17th - Liturgy & Reflection
6th Week, Thursday, Feb 17th - Liturgy & Reflection
James 2:1-9 / Mark 8:27-33
James talks about favoritism: Do
not show favoritism to the rich.
6th Week, Wednesday, Feb 16th - Reflection & Liturgy
6th Week, Wednesday, Feb 16th - Reflection & Liturgy
James 1:19-27 / Mark 8:22-26
James talks about action: Be doers of the Word, not
just hearers of it.
6th Week, Tuesday, Feb 15th - Reflection & Liturgy
James 1:12-18 / Mark 8:14-21
James talks about temptation: Temptation precedes sin.
6th Week, Monday: Feb 14th: Reflection & Liturgy
James
1:1-11 / Mark 8:11-13
James talks about death: Death
comes to all, rich and poor alike.
5th Week, Saturday, Feb 12th: Reflection & Liturgy
1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 / Mark 8:1-10
Jeroboam
fears tribal reunion: He thwarted worship in Jerusalem.
5th Week, Friday: Feb 11th - Reflection & Liturgy
1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 / Mark 7:31-37
The twelve tribes split: Solomon’s sins affected the people.
5th Week, Thursday, Feb 10: Reflection & Liturgy
1 Kings 11:4-13 / Mark 7:24-30
Solomon’s wives influence him: They turned his heart from God.
5th Week: Feb 7-12
5th Week, Feb 7-12:
Feb 7, Monday: The context: Gennesaret was a tract of land four miles long on the western border of the Sea of Galilee, lying between current day Tabgha and ancient Magdala. Known as the “Paradise of Galilee,” the land was rich soil for farmers to grow walnuts, dates, olives, figs, and grapes and it was a fishing center as well.
5th Week, Wednesday: Feb 9th: Reflection & Liturgy
1 Kings 10:1-10 / Mark
7:14-23
The
Queen speaks about Solomon: “Your people are fortunate to have you.”
“Not
until I became a mother did I understand how much my mother sacrificed for me;
not until I became a mother did I understand how hurt my mother was when I
disobeyed; not until I became a mother did I understand how proud my mother was
when I achieved; not until I became a mother did I understand how much my
mother loved me.” Victoria Farnsworth.
5th Week, Tuesday, Feb 8th: Reflection & Liturgy
1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 / Mark 7:1-13
Solomon
prays to God: “Listen to my prayer!”
Henry
Nouwen is an authority on the spiritual life. He makes this surprising
statement in his book Prayer
and Hope: “[The person] who prays with hope might ask for
everything . . . like nice weather and advancement. This concreteness is a sign
of authenticity. . . . “All those concrete requests are merely . . . ways of
saying that we must trust in the fullness of God’s goodness. . . . Whenever we
pray with hope we put our lives in the hands of God.”
6 Sunday C: Happy Are you --- Beatitudes
From The Connections:
Gospel reading Luke 6:17, 20-26
Michel DeVerteuil
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