"God did not spare his own Son
but gave him up to benefit us all."
He preferred his Son to die
rather than to give up his love for people.
This Jesus is with us now
as the guarantee of God's love.
May the Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you.
Lent 2 Sunday B - Liturgical Prayers
Greeting
1st Week of Lent, Friday, Feb 26
1st Week of Lent, Friday, Feb 26
Ezekiel 18:21-28 / Matthew 5:20-26
Jesus teaches about anger; "The angry Person is liable to judgment.
The motor of a woman 's car died just as the traffic light turned green. She tried to restart it, but with no luck. Meanwhile, an impatient man behind her began honking his horn. Again and again, she tried to start her car, but with no luck. Now the man was honking more persistently.
1st Week of Lent, Wednesday, Feb 24
1st Week of Lent, Wednesday, Feb 24
Jonah 3:1-10 / Luke 11:29-32
People asked Jesus for a sign; "No sign will be given. "
The sign of Jonah was the radical conversion of the Ninevites as a result of Jonah's preaching. The Ninevites underwent a radical conversion because they heard God's voice in Jonah's. The reason they converted was that their ears and hearts were open to what Jonah had to say.
Lent 1st Week: Feb 22-27:
Feb 22-27: Feb 22 Monday (Chair of St. Peter the Apostle): Mt 16:13-23: USCCB video reflections: http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/index.cfm By celebrating the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, we honor the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter and continued in an unbroken line of his successors down to the present Pope.
Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Feb 20
Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Feb 20
Isaiah 58: 9-14 / Luke 5: 27-32
Jesus talks about his mission: " "I came for
those who need help.
Recently a convict sent a prayer he wrote to a Jesuit newsletter called Twofold. A portion of it reads:
Friday after Ash Wednesday, Feb 19
Friday after Ash Wednesday, Feb 19
Isaiah 58:1-9 / Matthew 9:14-15
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