1st Week of Lent, Saturday - Mar 7th
Deut
26:16-19 / Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus teaches
about love: “Pray for your persecutors"
A father and his
son were traveling by bus. The father inadvertently
violated a minor safety regulation. The bus driver
went berserk. He verbally abused the
father, humiliating him in front of his little son and the rest of the
passengers. After it was all over, the boy
said to his father, “Dad, you didn't have to take
that He was out of line.”
1st Week of Lent, Friday - Mar 6th
Ezekiel
18:21-28 / Matthew 5:20-26
Jesus teaches about anger: “The angry
person is liable to judgment.”
1st Week of Lent, Thursday - Mar 5th
Esther 4:10-12,17-19 / Matthew 7:7-12
Jesus talks about prayer: "Ask and it will be given to you."
Jesus talks about prayer: "Ask and it will be given to you."
March 2-7: Reflections
March 2 Monday: Matthew 25: 31-46: “When
the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will
sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and
he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from
the goats, 33 and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at
the left. 34 Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you
gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you
clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
37 Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and
feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38 And when did we see thee a
stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39 And when did we see
thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ 40 And the King will answer them,
`Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren,
you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from
me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42
for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no
drink, 43 …46 USCCB video reflections: http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/index.cfm
Lent 2nd Sunday A - Transfiguration
Opening Story:
1) The Samurai Warrior and the Zen Master
One day, a Samurai warrior went to a Zen master for instruction. "Please," the huge man asked in a thundering voice that was used to instant obedience, "teach me about heaven and hell."
The master scowled at the swordsman, then broke into mocking laughter. "Me, teach you about heaven and hell? I wouldn't waste a moment trying to instruct the brain of an overweight ignoramus like you! How dare you ask me for such a lofty insight?"
Lent 1st Week - Wednesday
1st Week of Lent, Wednesday, Mar 4
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. The Jews
weren't converted when they heard Jesus preach because they didn't recognize
God's voice in his. And the reason they didn't do this was that their ears and
hearts were closed to what Jesus had to say. If the Jews had opened their
hearts to Jesus’ preaching, they too would have seen the "sign of Jonah,”
a radical conversion of themselves and their brothers and sisters.
Who hurts you? Abraham Lincoln
When Abraham Lincoln became the president of America, his father was a
shoemaker. And, naturally, egoistic people were very much offended that a
shoemaker’s son should become the president. On the first day, as Abraham
Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, just in the middle, one man stood
up. He was a very rich aristocrat. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not
forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.” And the whole Senate
laughed; they thought that they had made a fool of Abraham Lincoln.
Lent 1st Week, Tuesday, Mar 3
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.
Then he
began praying, "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray
the Lord my soul to keep. If I
should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” The
other man looked at him in amazement and said, "III be darned! You win! I
didn't think you knew it.”
Sometimes
we might just as well be praying “Now I lay me down to sleep” as praying the
Lord's Prayer. For we
pray it without really thinking about what we are saying.
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