March 22nd, Fourth Sunday of Lent
This week, Jesus, we celebrate the feast of the start of the journey of our faith to You.
The Annunciation, Mary's accepting the path of life that made her the mother of God.
This week, St. Gabriel, the archangel, came and told Mary that see could change the worlds path of
history, if she would accept the role of being the mother of Jesus.
Her words of acceptance started salvation history for all of us.
Thank You Jesus, for so great a mother who was so willing to trust the Fathers plan for us all.
Help us all also follow the plan You have for each of us.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
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"Some of the Pharisees around Him picked this up, saying, 'You are not calling us blind, are You?' "
-John 9:40
Jesus told the Pharisees they were blind. He called them blind guides and blind fools
(Mt 23:16, 17, 24, 26). He called the apostles blind when He exclaimed: "Are your minds completely blinded?
Have you eyes but no sight?" (Mk 8:17-18) Jesus called the whole church of Laodicea blind (Rv 3:17).
Jesus may be calling us spiritually blind right now. How will we take Jesus' diagnosis of our condition?
Will we become defensive, or will we thank Jesus for telling us the truth? The Pharisees got angry at Jesus
for calling them blind. They blinded themselves (see Is 29:9) to being blind. They resented the man cured
of blindness and threw him out of the synagogue (Jn 9:34). They even tried to impose blindness on everyone
else. The Pharisees became so blind that they became darkness (see Eph 5:8). As darkness, they hated the
light (Jn 3:20). They hated Jesus, "the Light of the world" (Jn 9:5), and demanded He be crucified.
Spiritual blindness is degenerative. It turns into darkness and violence. We must admit our spiritual
blindness (2 Cor 4:4) and ask Jesus to heal us. Otherwise, we will hurt and even crucify our Healer
(see Heb 6:6) and those whom He has healed of spiritual blindness. Let Jesus heal you from being blind to
your spiritual blindness.
Prayer: Father, today on this Lenten Sunday, scrutinize my heart and free me from blindness before it
becomes worse.
Promise: "Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart."
-1 Sm 16:7
Praise: "Continually we carry about in our bodies the dying of Jesus, so that in our bodies the life of
Jesus may also be revealed" (2 Cor 4:10). Praise You, Jesus!
Monday WILL YOU HARVEST EASTER JOY?
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"At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing." -Psalm 30:6
Tuesday ROOTED IN THE STREAM
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"They shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary." -Ezekiel 47:12
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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JEUS help me get back to Meals on Wheels. They need drivers
(Anonymous, , 3/21/2020 10:27:59 AM)
Fear is useless... LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently in
our hearts. LORD help me be humble and meek. Prayer is easy. To be crucified is hard, humble and meek.
All for all of us and me with too much pride. Prayer is easy. To be crucified is hard.
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 3/21/2020 10:26:51 AM)
Please help our marriage. Please help those in my life that need you. Please heal us inside and out. Thank
you for all the blessings love and acceptance.
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Jesus, since I cannot physically participate in the Eucharist and receive you sacramentally, come
spiritually into my heart. Stay with me, strengthen me, guard, guide and protect me, to do what is right
and good at all times. Mama Mary be a mother to me, intercede for me and my loved ones who need you now.
All you angels and saints intercede for us in this hour of need. Amen
(Ann, India, 3/21/2020 6:22:57 AM)
Jesus, even as I cry out to you for my daughter, I thank and praise you that you are right now touching her
with that divine merciful touch and filling her with your divine merciful healing and washing away all
infection so she will be fit and fine to care for her babies. Thank you that you are blessing her husband
with wisdom understanding and peace to deal with every situation and covering the babies with your precious
blood so they stay safe blessed protected and peaceful
(Mum, , 3/21/2020 6:17:48 AM)
Thank you Lord for another day. Father we need your help, Lord the world need your help, please forgive us
our sins and heal us from our sickness. Lord, hear our cry and forgive us of our sins in Jesus name we pray
Amen.
(Naa, , 3/21/2020 4:40:58 AM)
Heavenly Father in Jesus mighty name, I pray that you bless and keep my whole family including myself, my
daughter, and partner, friend Ken and his family safe and protected against this Corona virus. Don't allow
that Corona Virus to touch our families or anyone in this world. Remove that virus from this Earth God
almighty we ask and pray in Jesus mighty name. Amen and Amen.
(Fernando Ken and my family , IL, , 3/21/2020 3:41:10 AM)
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Bible Telephone Line
The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 28 years. Begun by Fr. Al in 1991, it now
continues with Deacon Ken Meade from the Archdiocese of Cleveland and two lay teachers, Jon Smith of
Fortville, IN and Darlene Davis of Greenfield, IN.. 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
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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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