March 16 Monday: Lk
4: 24-30: [23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote
to me this proverb, `Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at
Capernaum, do here also in your own country.'”] 24 And he said,
“Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. 25 But in
truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when
the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great
famine over all the land; 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to
Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 ……30…USCCB video reflections: https://youtu.be/E2BXljVVFls?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DAoMqHc4moKtTJSI6gsth32
3rd Week of Lent, Tuesday, March 17
Daniel
3:25, 34-43 / Matthew 18:21-35
We can’t offer animal sacrifices: But
we can offer a humble spirit.
3rd Week of Lent, Monday, Mar 16th
2 Kings
5:1-15 / Luke 4:24-30
Elisha
tells Naaman to wash:
Naaman expected something harder.
James
Michener’s book The
Source has a section that treats a time period that parallels the
Old Testament era. One episode of that section deals with people in a place
called Makor. They have just adopted a new god called Melak, who demands human
sacrifice.
10 Good Opening Prayers for Funerals
Opening Prayers for Funerals
Losing a loved one can bring about an array of emotions and
feelings. Making it through the grieving process starts with the memorial and
burial as you carry onward to the next stages of coping. To ease the pain, here
is a look at some good opening prayers for funerals to get you started.
Lent 2nd Week, Saturday, Mar 14th
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 / Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Jesus teaches about forgiveness: “A man had two sons ...”
This parable contains two remarkable things. The first is the son’s
demand for his inheritance. To demand one’s inheritance before the death of
one’s parents was cruel. It was to rob them of their “social security.” The
second is the father’s welcome of his son.
Lent 2nd Week, Friday, Mar 13th
Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 / Matthew
21:33-43, 45-46
Jesus teaches the people: “Hear another parable”
This parable reveals three important points. First, it reveals God’s
patience. God gave the tenant farmers three chances, even in the face of
violence. Second, it reveals Jesus’ uniqueness. Jesus is not just another
prophet, like the other prophets (slaves). Third, it reveals our accountability. It shows that sooner or later
we will be held accountable to God for our actions, just as the tenant farmers religious leaders) were held accountable
for their actions.
Lent, 2nd Week, Wednesday, Mar 11th
Jeremiah
18:18-20 / Matthew 20:17-28
Jesus talks about greatness: “The greatest is the one
who serves.”
Jesus
turns the world’s value system upside down. He measures a person’s greatness very
differently from the way the world does. The world measures personal greatness
by the number of people one controls, by the number of degrees one holds, by
the number of committees one chairs. Jesus considers such numbers to be
irrelevant. For Jesus there’s only one set of numbers that has any value, and
that is the number of people one helps. Service is the thing that counts with
Jesus: a nurse’s service to patients, a pastor’s service to parishioners, a parent’s
service to children.
Lent 3rd Sunday A - The Samaritan Woman
A Samaritan Woman Evangelist:
There is a Greek monastery at Mount Athos in which nothing female is allowed. Men can enter but not women, roosters but not hens, horses but not mares, bulls but not cows. Armed guards patrol the border to insure that nothing feminine passes the gates. It has been this way for more than 700 years. [Arnold Prater, The Presence, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993).] Separate but definitely not equal: that has been the attitude toward women of many churches through the ages. So, it's really remarkable that this particular Samaritan evangelist happens to be a woman. She would be as surprised about it as anybody. When she first met Jesus, she was surprised that even he talked to her. Once converted, she became an evangelist, enthusiastically introducing Jesus to her fellow villagers. (Fr. Tony Kadavil)
Lent 2nd Wk - Mar 9-14
March 9-14: March 9
Monday (St. Frances of Rome, Religious) Video:
March 9: 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.” USCCB
video reflections: https://youtu.be/Y5ou8upoCjQ?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DAoMqHc4moKtTJSI6gsth32
Lent 2nd Week , Tuesday, March 10th
Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 / Matthew 23:1-12
Jesus rebukes the Pharisees: “They widen their
phylacteries.”
Deuteronomy
6:4-6,8 reads: “Hear, 0 Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love
the Lord, your
God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take
to heart these words....Bind them at your
wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.” which held tiny
scrolls. The boxes were strapped to the left arm (signifying subjugation of the
heart to God)
and on the forehead (signifying
subjugation of the mind
to God).
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