2nd Week of Lent, Monday, Mar 1

 2nd Week of Lent, Monday, Mar 1

Daniel 9:4-10 / Luke 6:36-38
Jesus teaches his disciples; ' 'Stop judging and you will not be judged. " 

A young businessman began dating a charming young actress. The relationship developed to the point that the businessman was pondering marriage.

Lent 2 Sunday B - Liturgical Prayers

Greeting

"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.

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.

Lent 2 Sunday B: Transfiguration

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

 Jesus talks about fasting: "My disciples will fast after I go.”

Lincoln and Kennedy - Mysterious Similarities

Can any history teacher explain this ...!!!

 Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress  1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

 Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Lent 1 Sunday B - Temptation of Jesus

 

1) We reflect today on the deserts to which people have been driven away:

 psychological, sociological, political and economic deserts:

-by ISIS and Al Qaida creating homeless and stateless refugees

-asylum seekers, job seekers

-divorces, unwed mothers and their children
-gambling and alcoholism
-terminal illness and elderly people
-stock markets, greed and fraud
-abandoned children, reckless teenagers