April 1-6: Weekday Reflections

April 1-6: From TK

April 1: Monday: Jn 4:43-54: 43 After the two days he departed to Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was a royal official whose son was ill. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. ….54.

4th Week of Lent, Monday, 01-04-19

Isaiah 65:17-21 / John 4:43-54

Jesus saves a man’s son

The man trusted Jesus.

Years ago, there was a movie called Quo Vadis. Starring Deborah Kerr, it dealt with the persecution of Christians in ancient Rome. One day after a dangerous filming session, a reporter asked Deborah, “Weren’t you afraid when the lions rushed you in the arena?” Deborah replied, “Not at all!

I’d read the script and I knew I’d be rescued.”

Few Jews Left in Kochi, Kerala

Lent 3rd Week Friday - Liturgy

Introduction

Many human endeavors fail because God is left out of the picture. Israel wanted to go her own way, relying on her resources and alliances with the mighty of the day. The mighty are toppled by mightier ones, and everything collapses. People today try to establish prosperity and happiness, but at the expense of others, with the force of arms or relying on gadgets, money, or palliatives. We cannot be saved without God. Salvation lies in the love of God and is expressed in the love of our neighbor. The rule of life of Christians is: Love God with your whole being, and your neighbor as yourself; see God in your neighbor and see also a bit of yourself in your neighbor.

3rd Week of Lent, Friday, 29-03-19

Hosea 14:2-10 / Mark 12:28-34

Jesus talks about love

 “Love your neighbor as yourself. ”

Author Ardis Whitman was having a hard time recovering from the death of her son. One night her college-aged granddaughter and her granddaughter’s boyfriend took Ardis to a nightclub. When the orchestra struck up a memory-laden song, Ardis began to cry.

Lent 3rd Week, Thursday - Liturgical Prayers

Introduction
“Listen to my voice,” says God through his prophet Jeremiah, and then, he complains that God’s people fails to listen, that they listen to themselves and follow their own ways. Their deeds do not speak the language of God. They do not follow God.
In the Gospel, Jesus cures the man who was mute. Worse than anyone who is deaf and mute and blind, are those who do not want to hear and see, or to speak with sincerity. They do not follow Jesus. Their hearts are divided.

3rd Week of Lent, Thursday, 28-03-19

Jeremiah 7:23-28 / Luke 11:14-23

People misjudge Jesus

 “He drives out devils by Beelzebul. ”

As a hobby, an elderly couple raised vegetables and kept chickens. Since they were frugal, they weren't hurting financially.

Lent 4 Sunday C: Liturgical Prayers

Greetings (See Second Reading)

Blessed be God our Father
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and has entrusted to us
the work of reconciliation in this world.
May his pardon and peace be always with you.
R/ And also with you.

Introduction by the Celebrant

3rd Week of Lent, Wednesday, 27-03-19

Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 / Matthew 5:17-19

Jesus instructs his disciples

 “Whoever teaches others the law is great. ”

Clara Feldman is one of the Jews who survived the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Today she goes from school to school in New York City

to teach students about what happened to Jews in Germany during the war.

Lent 4 Sunday C: Laetare (Rejoice): I lost him and Now I found him

4th Sunday of Lent C:

4th Lent C from Jaimelito Gealan

4th Lent C from Jaimelito Gealan

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Michel de Verteuil
General comments
Verses 1 to 3 are one of several passages in the gospels which give us an overall picture of Jesus’ lifestyle. In your meditation, identify who for you are “the tax collectors and sinners,” people who are outsiders to the community; then, who is Jesus, and finally, who are “the Pharisees and Scribes” who complain.