March 24th Third Sunday of Lent
Jesus, help us to truly have a change of heart this Lenten season.
Have it change us into what You want us to become.
Jesus, sometimes we become too worldly, in our thoughts and actions, and this draws us away
from You.
We don't mean to, but we let the world stop us from giving You all the honor and glory that
You so truly deserve.
Help us to focus on You, and let all our thoughts start with, what can I do to please God?
Will this action give Him glory?
Jesus increase our faith.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday ONLY A BURNING BUSH BEARS FRUIT
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"Leave it another year, while I hoe around it and manure it; then perhaps it will bear fruit. If not,
it shall be cut down." -Luke 13:8-9
The Lord calls us to repent not only of sins of commission but also of omission. In today's Gospel
reading, He calls us to repent of not bearing fruit, that is, of not sharing our faith and leading
others to new life in Christ. If we do not bear fruit spiritually, we will be cut down (Lk 13:9) and
thrown into the fire (Jn 15:6). We will come to a tragic end (Lk 13:3, 5).
To be a fruitful fig tree (see Lk 13:6), we must first be a burning bush (see Ex 3:2). The fire of
God's presence and His Word must purify us so we can be fruitful (see Lk 24:32).
Today throughout the world, hundreds of thousands of catechumens in the Catholic Church are receiving
the ancient prayer called the "First Scrutiny." The Church is asking the Lord to search
(see Ps 139:23), purify, heal, enlighten, and strengthen the hearts of these catechumens. The basis
for the First Scrutiny is chapter four of John's Gospel. In this chapter, Jesus told the Samaritan
woman everything she had ever done (Jn 4:29). She was purified and became fruitful in leading the
people of her village to new life in Christ.
Ask the Lord to scrutinize and purify your heart so as to bear much fruit.
Prayer: Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, make my heart like Yours (Mt 11:29). Bear fruit in my life.
Promise: "For all these reasons, let anyone who thinks he is standing upright watch out lest he fall!"
-1 Cor 10:12
Praise: Praise Jesus, obedient Son of the Father, and risen Lord!
Monday THE HUMILITY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
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"Then said I, 'Behold I come.' " -Psalm 40:8
Tuesday PROVING THE NECESSITY OF FORGIVENESS
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"I canceled your entire debt when you pleaded with me. Should you not have dealt mercifully with your
fellow servant, as I dealt with you?" -Matthew 18:32-33
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Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in
our hearts. LORD please allow me graces of trust in you, love with you and forgiveness through you
JESUS. May I be a true Christian presence and a true Christian inside. Thank you JESUS
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 3/23/2019 10:56:51 AM)
God our Father, I am asking please pray for my mother who is losing her sight. She has been waiting for
cateract surgery about 5 years. She is very frustrated. Also, my big sister has ligaments to both her
knees making it diffucult for her to walk at times. Please God hear our prayers and grant them healing,
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physically. I ask this through Christ our Lord Amen. Thank you
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Thank you Lord for another week.Lord I don't have job now,but I'm relying on you that ,when you close
one door you open the better one,I trust in you to deliver, in Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 3/23/2019 7:12:22 AM)
Father In heaven in Jesus mighty name I pray to you for you to please help me not get fired from my
work place. Please God help me. Please do it for my daughter and for my family. Please God protect me.
In Jesus mighty name I have prayed with all my heart body mind and soul. Amen!
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Please pray for my sister and my family over our mothers living arrangements. God bless our decisions.
For a husband and father who was recently killed. Lord have mercy. For all intentions, God's will be
done. May we open our hearts to the Graces needed. Thank you .
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
DON'T BE INDIFFERENT
... These are some reflections I wish to share with those men and women who do not allow themselves
to succumb to indifference; who hear the cry of those who do not have the minimum needed to lead a
dignified life.
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.
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