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MILLIONS CONVERT IN ONE DAY

“The people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.” –Jonah 3:5 Mass Readings: March 8 First: Isaiah 65:17-21; Resp: Psalm 30:2,4-6,11-13; Gospel: John 4:43-54 One-hundred-and-twenty-thousand very wicked people converted to the Lord in one day through a one-sentence prophecy from Jonah, a vengeful, reluctant prophet. And we “have a greater than Jonah here” (Lk 11:32). We have Jesus, the Savior of the world, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Son of God. In fact, not only is Jesus greater than Jonah, but each Christian is greater...

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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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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...