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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth is designed as a bulletin insert
which you can use at your local church to keep up to date on what the Holy
Father is saying. You are free to reproduce it for this purpose.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009, Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 1:22-25, Psalm 19, John 2:13-25
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SPRING CLEANING
"He made a [kind of] whip of cords and drove sheep and oxen alike out of
the temple area, and knocked over the money-changers' tables, spilling
their coins." —John 2:15
This Lent, Jesus will cleanse the temples of our lives to whatever degree
we let Him. Many people want Jesus to just dust them a little or simply
brush over them with a damp rag. Very few want Jesus to get out the vacuum
cleaner and get down to some serious spring cleaning. Fewer still want
Jesus to get out a whip of cords, knock over those things in their lives
that are not His will, and drive them out. Why don't we trust Jesus enough
to let Him really clean house?
If you are willing to have the Lord do spring cleaning on you:
* Go to Confession at least twice this Lent.
* Ask the Holy Spirit to take you to the cross and convict you of sin
(Jn 16:8).
* By God's grace, decide to forgive everyone and apologize to those you
have delayed in forgiving.
* Ask the Lord to forgive your unknown faults and to heal your
subconscious (Ps 19:13).
* Ask others to lay hands on you and pray for healing of your mind,
body, and spirit.
* Ask the Lord to purify you through a fast of several days.
* Thank the Lord for cleansing you as if you were a newly baptized baby
(see 2 Kgs 5:14).
Prayer: Lord, "thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me"
(Ps 51:4).
Promise: "We preach Christ crucified...the Power of God and the Wisdom of
God." —1 Cor 1:23-24
Praise: Praise the risen Jesus, Who laid down His life so that we may be
clean!
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet, "The Secret of Confession", or
on audio AV 44-3 or video V-44.)
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
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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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free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
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