Posted on 02/06/2008 5:37:18 PM PST by Salvation
Wednesday, Second Week of Lent
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"Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest." (Matthew 20:27)
Deny oneself Carry one's cross To follow Jesus Christ If you are ashamed of the Cross of Jesus Christ he will be ashamed of you before his Father Love the Cross Desire: crosses contempt pain abuse insults disgrace persecution humiliations calumnies illness injuries May Jesus prevail May his Cross prevail Divine love Humility Submission Patience Obedience: complete prompt joyful blind persevering .....St. Louis de Montfort |
Thanks for posting all of this! If I may add, there are some things we’re allowed to (if not encouraged to) “feast” on during Lent I believe, namely the Sacraments. This is the second year I have increased the frequency of the times I partake in the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent. I say this for the benefit of others, not to brag. It truly is beneficial, even though it’s always a “pain”. No one likes to do it, but it puts things in proper perspective.
I encourage all to partake of the Sacrament at least one more time than usual during this time. Or, if you haven’t been in a long time, then by all means go at least once. Not a lecture, or meant to make anyone feel guilty just a reminder out of love.
**I have increased the frequency of the times I partake in the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent.**
So true for me. I had a limit on myself of every two months. And then, not to brag, it turned into every four weeks.
Then this year I have participated in the fantastic Sacrament every two or three weeks. It is so astounding to me.
And such a blessing to my soul.
Agree with your recommendations — only I would add “keep it up after Lent!”
Thursday, Second Week of Lent
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"At his gate lay a beggar named Lazarus." (Luke 16:20)
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Friday, Second Week of Lent Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. |
Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age. (Genesis 37:3)
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Saturday, Second Week of Lent |
"Let us eat and celebrate because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life." (Luke 15:23-24)
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Sunday, Third Week of Lent |
"Zeal for your house consumes me." (John 2:17)
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Monday, Third Week of Lent |
"Go and wash...and your flesh will heal." (2 Kings 5:10)
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Tuesday, Third Week of Lent |
"Lord, when my brother wrongs me, how often must I forgive him?" (Matthew 18:21) He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph's wife. He carried out this vocation with complete fidelity until at last God called him, saying 'Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.'..... Saint Bernardine of Siena
Gracious Saint Joseph, |
Wow - this is great reading!
Wednesday, Third Week of Lent |
"Take care...not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen." (Deuteronomy 4:9)
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Thursday, Third Week of Lent |
"If it is by the finger of God that I cast out devils, then the reign of God is upon you." (Luke 11:20)
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Friday, Third Week of Lent Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. |
"You shall love the Lord your God." (Mark 12:30)
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Saturday, Third Week of Lent |
"O God, be merciful to me a sinner!" (Luke 18:13)
Suppose one has forgiven an injury and experienced reconciliation with the injurer--a process of two distinct stages. In such situations, it is not helpful to repeatedly bring our remembrance of the injury into the relationship. Discretion and a willingness to let the past be the past are called for, for the sake of the relationship--call this a type of "forgetting" if you will.
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Sunday, Fourth Week of Lent |
"So must the Son of Man be lifted up, that all who believe may have eternal life in Him." (John 3:14,15)
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Monday, Forth Week of Lent |
I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. (Isaiah 65:17)
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Tuesday, Fourth Week of Lent |
I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple. (Ezekiel 47:1)
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Wednesday, Fourth Week of Lent
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"If you believed Moses you would then believe me, for it was about me that he wrote." (John 5:46)
Lenten Question |
Thursday, Fourth Week of Lent |
Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you." (Isaiah 49:15)
Flower of Obedience I met Her in a garden,
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