April 7th Fifth Sunday of Lent
Jesus, Lent is practically over, and we pray that we now know what exactly you want us to give You as
an Easter present.
Lord, what sin or defect of ours do You want that will help free us from the snares and entrapments of
this world?
Jesus, You gave us Lent as a time to pray, fast, and give alms, and You also gave us Lent as a time of
personal growth to You.
Help us to see that You always want us to become more like You, by growing in spirituality, and
getting freed from the ways fo the world.
By this freedom, we will be able to see the needs of others with clear eyes, that see to the heart.
Let us be vessels of love and forgivness to all.
Thank You for Your love.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
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"I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection; likewise to know how to share in
His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death. Thus do I hope that I may arrive at
resurrection from the dead." -Philippians 3:10-11
In two weeks, we will celebrate Jesus' Resurrection from the dead. To share in His Resurrection, we
must "share in His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death" (Phil 3:10). "You can
depend on this: If we have died with Him we shall also live with Him" (2 Tm 2:11). The cross is the
only way to resurrection from the dead.
On Palm (Passion) Sunday and Good Friday, we will read the Passion of Christ. On Good Friday, we
will venerate the cross and the wounds of Christ. Many of us will pray the Stations of the Cross in
these last days of Lent. The Lord works through these "Passion-prayers" to communicate His crucified
love for us. Then, impelled by this love (2 Cor 5:14), we take up our daily crosses (Lk 9:23),
redemptively suffer with Jesus, and are crucified with Him (Gal 2:19). Dying to ourselves
(see Jn 12:24), we will rise to live in the Lord's love forever.
We naturally want a life of maximum pleasure and minimum pain. We want to stay in our comfort zones.
As we enter more deeply into Jesus' Passion and death, the Lord is calling us to a life of maximum
holiness and minimum selfishness. The Lord is calling us out of our comfort zones of sin and into the
"love zone" at the foot of the cross. By God's grace, let us make the way of the cross our way of life.
Prayer: Father, I choose the cross. May I be crucified to the world (Gal 6:14).
Promise: "See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" -Is 43:19
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, agonized, crucified, risen and glorified.
Monday BATH AND BODY
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"She decided to bathe." -Daniel 13:15
Tuesday BAD BLOOD
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"Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been
bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered." -Numbers 21:9
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Today I pray, based on the gospel according to John(4:43-54), and believe that you will cure my husband
of his back an leg injury/pain. PLEASE keep promises over my husband. I believe in the healing power of
faith and prayer and I ask you to begin your mighty work in the life of my husband. Please reach down
and surround my husband with supernatural peace and strength and give him the faith to believe that all
things are possible for you. Protect him from discouragement and let his miraculous healing begin. Amen.
(Virginia, Nevada, , 4/6/2019 10:55:12 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in
our hearts. LORD let this be my best lent ever, from ashes to a RISEN CHRIST. LORD please give me the
grace to love. LORD please give me the grace to forgive all. LORD may I be a true humble Christian
presence and a humble true Christian inside.
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Not sure if yesterday was a test. Please help Michelle today. Please help our marriage Heal me inside
and out. Thanks for all your blessings and love and acceptance.
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Thank you Lord for another day.Father I pray for peace and quietness for A and husband,Lord, help us to
find a way to work everything peacefully for them,in Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 4/6/2019 9:11:46 AM)
For all those who are ill ,lonely, desperate, facing financial crises ..Lord listen to their cries and
answer them. For those seeking God with a sincere heart, that they will truly find him and they will
rest secure in him. Mother Mary be a mother to them, guard guide and protect them and lead them closer
to your son Jesus who alone is the way truth and life.
(N, , 4/6/2019 8:27:21 AM)
N who celebrates her birthday today, good health and every grace and blessing; G to be filled with
peace and every grace and blessing and family to be there for her; N to find suitable affordable
accommodation close to work place and stay safe blessed and protected at work and always; A healing of
throat and acidity - Jesus take away stress and fill her with peace and your loving merciful healing
touch. Thank you for praying
(A, , 4/6/2019 8:23:21 AM)
Pray for my brother David. He is mentally unstable and has been to rehabs, mental hospitals, police
cells and prison. Oh GOD, DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, i know i have prayed many times but am desperate now.
I am praying that David changes, heals completely and takes up the job we are trying to get him.
AMEN, i b`elieve
(Jane, Nairobi, Rift Valley, Kenya, 4/6/2019 5:56:46 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
request which will be shared on the line with the other callers the next day on a separate line.
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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
END HUNGER
"LACK OF POLITICAL WILL"
There is a fundamental lack of political will. What is needed is the willingness to end hunger, and
this ultimately will not happen without a moral conviction that is shared by all peoples and all
religious persuasions, where the integral good of the person is at the heart of all initiatives and
consists in "doing to another what we would want done to ourselves."
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.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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