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Monday, March 9, 2009, St. Frances of Rome
Daniel 9:4-10, Psalm 79, Luke 6:36-38
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REPENT-LENT
"We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed
from Your commandments and Your laws. We have not obeyed Your servants the
prophets." —Daniel 9:5-6
Daniel repented on behalf of the whole people. He admitted that thousands
of people had repeatedly sinned thousands of times, and that this had been
going on for hundreds, even thousands of years. Sin is contagious,
addictive, and deadly (Rm 6:23). Sin naturally tends to become a whole way
of life (Col 3:7). Unless we repent, we will become entrenched in sin, and
it will run our lives, rob us of our freedom and dignity, use us, and
abuse us.
Without repentance, we will not be able to control sin; it will control
us. If Jesus hadn't shed His blood to wash away our sins, sin would have
wiped out humanity. It will still wipe us out unless we apply Jesus' blood
to our lives by repenting of our sins.
This Lent, repent. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you examine your
conscience. Go to Confession. Fast and pray in preparation for a
repentance deeper than you've ever experienced. Go to Confession again
later in Lent. Repent.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, take me to the cross. May I see clearly the
connection between my sins and Jesus' sufferings and death on Calvary.
Promise: "Pardon, and you shall be pardoned. Give, and it shall be given
to you." —Lk 6:37-38
Praise: St. Frances of Rome balanced an active spiritual life with her
family responsibilities while her husband lived. After his death, she
entered the religious order she had founded years earlier, and eventually
was made its superior.
(As the "Year of St. Paul" nears its end, we invite you to join us to
study St. Paul's letter to the Romans. Presentation Ministries presents a
four-day study of this letter Apr. 20-23, in the middle of a series of
nine days of retreats. Call 937-587-5464 or 513-373-2397 for information
and to register).
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February 1, 2009 through March 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, August 11, 2008
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