feasting on the word
"If you meditate on the Scriptures it will appear to you in its brilliant splendor." ―St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Ezekiel 37:12-14 | Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 | Romans 8:8-11 | John 11:1-45  As our Lenten journey reaches a crescendo, we are all summoned to focus on the theme of death yielding to a new life. Today, Jesus is given to us as one who not only heals the sick and sustains life, but as one who restores lost life.
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Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) 1 Samuel 16:1B, 6-7, 10-13A | Psalm 23: 1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 | Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41  While last Sunday, through the Gospel of the Samaritan woman, Jesus promised also to us the gift of living water (Jn 4, 10.11), this fourth Sunday of Lent, called “Laetare” (Rejoice) Sunday, presents Christ “light of world” who heals a” born blind man”(Jn 9, 1-41).
Third Sunday of Lent (A) Exodus 17:3-7 | Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 | Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 | John 4:5-42 Or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42  How long can you survive without the basics? According to www.livescience.com, in a survival situation, a reasonably healthy human cannot last for more than three weeks without food, three days without water, three hours without shelter, and three minutes without air.
Second Sunday of Lent (A) Genesis 12:1-4A | Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 | 2 Timothy 1:8B-10 | Matthew 17:1-9  Last Sunday, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil thrice but successfully resisted each test by using God’s Word. That desert encounter was a good reminder of how we must spiritually discipline ourselves through prayer, fasting and works of
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September 2024
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