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“WE DARE TO PRAY…”

“This is how you are to pray: ‘Our Father in heaven…’ ” –Matthew 6:9 Mass Readings: March 7 First: Joshua 5:9,10-12; Resp: Psalm 34:2-7; Second: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Gospel: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 The “Our Father” is not only a prayer but the Lord’s pattern for all authentic prayer. In the “Our Father,” the Lord teaches us how to pray. St. Augustine taught that the “Our Father” is not only the pattern of prayer but also the criterion for all authentic prayer intentions. Therefore, we should not pray for something unless it fits into the “Our Father.” St. Thomas Aquinas taught that...

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A BIG “TO DO”

“You did it for Me.” –Matthew 25:40 Mass Readings: March 6 First: Hosea 6:1-6;Resp: Psalm 51:3-4,18-21;Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 What are we to do? Sometimes we “stand by idly when [our] neighbor’s life is at stake” (Lv 19:16). We can easily be remiss in serving the poor, hungry, thirsty, refugees, sick, and imprisoned (see Mt 25:42ff). Sometimes we do something, but it is the wrong “something.” We are busy about many things (Lk 10:41), but we may not have chosen the better part, that is, listening to Jesus (Lk 10:39, 42). We may do things at the wrong time. For example,...

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THE VIEW FROM THE DESERT

“Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit.” –Matthew 4:1 Mass Readings: March 5 First: Hosea 14:2-10;Resp: Psalm 81:6-11,14,17;Gospel: Mark 12:28-34 In the stark desolation of the physical desert, you can: see clearly without distraction. live simply, in a “lean and mean” lifestyle. Only the basic necessities for survival are valuable. discern value clearly. We tend to overvalue the things the world affords (1 Jn 2:16). In the desert, a cup of water has far more value than a diamond necklace. In Lent, the Holy Spirit leads us into the desert to speak to our heart (Hos 2:16). This...

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FOLLOWING THE LEADER

“The Pharisees and the scribes of their party said to His disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and non-observers of the law?’ ” –Luke 5:30 Jesus dined with sinners. He healed on the Sabbath. He touched lepers and spoke to a Samaritan woman. He did not condemn even an adulterous woman, but he labeled the Pharisees “blind guides” and “whitened sepulchers” (see Mt 23:24, 27). What it all boils down to is that Jesus refused to be “politically correct.” Are there ways in which you have bought into the anti-gospel values of the current political ideologies?...

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A WHOLE-PERSON FAST

“My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, You will not spurn.” –Psalm 51:19 Mass Readings: March 3 First: Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9; Resp: Psalm 147:12-13,15-16,19-20; Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19 On this first Lenten Friday, we fast by limiting our intake of food as well as abstaining from eating meat. We fast so as to share in the sufferings of the body of Christ (Col 1:24). We are to care more about the broken body of Christ than our own hungry bodies. If our growling stomachs only lead us to focus on our own needs, is...