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,"
"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.
Sat After Ash Wed - Liturgy
Introduction
Jesus came to call sinners. It is they who need him, not so much the just or the righteous. It is the sinners who need healing. We are among them, and so we need healing. The Pharisees considered themselves just, but there was little mercy in them; their hearts were dried-up. It is mercy that Jesus wants, not sacrifices. Jesus comes to encounter Levi-Matthew. Just a call from Jesus and Matthew leaves everything behind: his desk, his past. He is a new man, created anew by Christ. He lives now for the future. His converted heart will turn to others too, as he becomes an apostle. In this Eucharist, Jesus comes to call us and to change us; he sits at table with us, as he did with Levi-Matthew.
Jesus came to call sinners. It is they who need him, not so much the just or the righteous. It is the sinners who need healing. We are among them, and so we need healing. The Pharisees considered themselves just, but there was little mercy in them; their hearts were dried-up. It is mercy that Jesus wants, not sacrifices. Jesus comes to encounter Levi-Matthew. Just a call from Jesus and Matthew leaves everything behind: his desk, his past. He is a new man, created anew by Christ. He lives now for the future. His converted heart will turn to others too, as he becomes an apostle. In this Eucharist, Jesus comes to call us and to change us; he sits at table with us, as he did with Levi-Matthew.
Friday after Ash Wed - Liturgy
Introduction
People in the Old Testament ask: “What is the use of fasting?” God seems not to be near when they fast. The prophet tells them because real fasting consists in justice and love. Since God has made a covenant with his people, that covenant comprises also of justice and love from one person to the other. In the Gospel, the disciples of John, who fasted, were asking the disciples of Jesus why these didn’t fast. In the other parts of the Gospel, Jesus gives an answer similar to that of the prophet, but now Jesus said that because he has come and is with his disciples, they should rejoice rather than fast.
People in the Old Testament ask: “What is the use of fasting?” God seems not to be near when they fast. The prophet tells them because real fasting consists in justice and love. Since God has made a covenant with his people, that covenant comprises also of justice and love from one person to the other. In the Gospel, the disciples of John, who fasted, were asking the disciples of Jesus why these didn’t fast. In the other parts of the Gospel, Jesus gives an answer similar to that of the prophet, but now Jesus said that because he has come and is with his disciples, they should rejoice rather than fast.
General Knowledge
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Thur-Friday-Saturday After Ash Wednesday
Thursday after Ash
Wednesday, 07-03-19
Deuteronomy
30:15-20 / Luke 9:22-25
Jesus talks about the cross
Pick it up daily and follow me
A young man had just hiked across a long,
barren stretch of land.
Reporters asked what he found hardest about
it. Was is the loneliness?” “No,” he replied.
Was it the hot sun beating down on you?” No,”
he replied.
Was it the dangerous nights by the roadside?”
“No,” he replied.
“Well, then, what was it?”
“The sand in my shoes”, he said.
That's often the case in everyday life, also.
It’s not always the big things that get us down; more often, it’s the tiny
irritations.
Thursday After Ash Wednesday - Liturgical Prayers
Introduction
Faithfulness is
not easy except if we are intensely committed to a person we love. If we are
loyal, we share in the joys and trials of the other person and we never lose
our serenity or basic happiness. This is also true in our relationship with
God, which we live most intensely if we are strongly dedicated to Christ. We
follow him in his passion to rise with him in joy. For if we are with him, even
death brings life and happiness.
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