March 10th First Sunday of Lent
Jesus, help us all to resist the temptations of this world.
Lord, help us to see that a daily commitment to walking towards You, and trusting in Your plan for us,
will allow us to feel Your love in this life.
We need to accept that God loves us more than we can ever imagine.
We need to fight this battle now and not wait for death, fear, tragedy, or pain to challenge our faith
in our Father's love.
This Lent, help us to grow closer to God and trust in our Father's love.
Let us prepare for our home coming this Lent.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday WILL YOU REACH LENT'S DESTINATION?
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"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, then returned from the Jordan and was conducted by the Spirit into
the desert for forty days, where He was tempted by the devil. During that time He ate nothing."
-Luke 4:1-2
Lent is a march with a destination of the renewal of our baptismal promises at all the Easter Sunday
Masses in the world.
Jesus' forty days in the desert prefigure Lent. The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert (Lk 4:1),
where He fasted for forty days (Lk 4:2) and refused to doubt that He was the beloved Son of God the
Father (cf Lk 3:22; 4:3, 9). Thus, Lent is Trinitarian, and its destination is Trinitarian, for when
we renew our baptismal promises, we profess our faith in God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit.
Lent is a time of waging special warfare against the devil (Lk 4:2) by imitating Jesus' forty-day
fast (see Mt 17:21, NAB). This is especially appropriate, for when we renew our baptismal promises
at Easter, we reject Satan, all his works, and all his empty promises.
Ask the Holy Spirit what He has planned for you this Lent. He knows the best route for you to reach
your destination, the renewal of your baptismal promises this Easter. The Holy Spirit will give you
the power to make decisions and sacrifices necessary to reach Lent's destination and to live your
Baptism in total love, abandonment, and joy. Let the Spirit lead you into a Lent that leads you to
fullness of baptismal life.
Prayer: Father, may I celebrate Lent with zeal.
Promise: "For if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." -Rm 10:9
Praise: Praise and honor to You, Lord, Love, Life, Jesus Christ!
Monday "I AM, THE LORD!"
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"I am the Lord." -Leviticus 19:12, 14, 16, 18
Tuesday "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE"
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"In your prayer do not rattle on like the pagans. They think they will win a hearing by the sheer
multiplication of words. Do not imitate them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him."
-Matthew 6:7-8
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Father In heaven I just want to thank you so much for hearing my prayer and answering it for my
little family. Thank you so much God I truly appreciate it. In Jesus mighty name I have prayed.
Amen! Amen and amen!
(Fernando, IL, , 3/9/2019 6:22:39 PM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently
in our hearts. Have mercy on me LORD. Help me follow in your ways. LORD please take Bev into your
arms. Please have mercy on her soul. Please help her family deal with her passing.
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 3/9/2019 12:25:29 PM)
Anna, thAnk you for the showers today and for building your sons house with Jesus as its foundation.
You are in charge and therefore let me not bother at all. Thank you Lord God for sending good
powerful angels to light and guard, rule and guide. Amen
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Pray for Colleen and her baby. Amen!
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For the spiritual and physical health of our daughter EB. Please watch over her and keep her safe.
Thank You, Lord, and thanks to all the prayer warriors here.
(Carol, Arizona, , 3/9/2019 11:37:12 AM)
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Presentation Ministries. The BTL provides callers with a short teaching on the readings for the
daily Mass. It is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Callers may also leave a short prayer
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Pope Francis, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THE CHURCH AND THE POOR
For her part, the Catholic Church, in the exercise of the mission with which her divine Founder has
entrusted her, struggles daily throughout the world against hunger and malnutrition in multiple ways
and through her various structures and associations, remembering that those who suffer from misery
are not different from us. They share our flesh and blood. They deserve ... a friendly hand to help
and support them, in such a way that no one is left behind, so that in our world fraternal solidarity
may boast its own identity card and citizenship, beyond any flashy slogans void of substance.
"HOPES OF MILLIONS"
The annual celebration of World Food Day emphasizes ... the needs, yearnings and hopes of millions of
persons who lack bread each day. Increasingly, there are more people who sadly make up part of that
great number of human beings who have nothing, or almost nothing to eat. It should be the opposite
and yet recent statistics are a painful proof of how international solidarity appears to be cooling.
"EFFECTIVE HELP"
The poor expect from us an effective help that takes them out of their misery... In this twenty-first
century that has seen considerable advances in the field of technology, science, communications and
infrastructure, we ought to feel shame for not having achieved the same advances in humanity and
solidarity, and so satisfy the primary needs of the most disadvantaged.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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