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March 18-23: Weekday Reflections


March 18 Monday (St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor of the Church): Lk 6:36-38: 36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

Lent 2 Sunday C - Transfiguration - Shorter one

 Two Mountains

Readings    Gn 15:5-12,17-18; Phil 3:20-4:1; Lk 9:28-36
Theme        Jesus’ transfiguration and his agony are complementary
episodes. They highlight the divine and the human dimensions of Jesus.

A movie called Mask is based on a true story of a 16-year-old boy named Rocky Dennis.
He has a rare disease that causes his skull and the bones in his face to grow larger than they should.

Russian Church on the Go for the Forces


Lent 2 Sunday C - Liturgy

Greetings (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.


Lent 1st Week, Monday

Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 / Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus talks about judgment

"I was hungry and you gave    me   food,"

Mike Peters won the 1981 Pulitzer prize for political cartoons. Reporter Joe Urschel asked him, "How did you feel when you got the news?"
“I couldn’t believe it," said Mike.

1st Week of Lent - Tuesday

Isaiah 55:10-11 / Matthew 6:7-15

Jesus teaches about prayer
 “This is how you are to pray."

Two men were arguing about religion.
As the argument heated up, the one man shouted at the other,
"1'll bet five bucks you don’t even know the Lord’s Prayer.”
"I’ll take that bet," the other shouted.

Lent 1 C - Liturgy

Greetings (See Second Reading)
May the Word of God be near you,
on your lips and in your heart.
May your lips confess here
that Jesus is our Lord and Savior.
May his grace be always with you.
R/ And also with you.