PM eNewsletter 3rd Sunday of Lent

March 19th, Third Sunday of Lent


This week, oh! Jesus, Your church celebrates the Feast day of St. Joseph and the Annunciation.

As husband of Mary, our mother, and foster father of Jesus. Joseph is the quiet, yet powerful,
leader of the holy family.

His trust in God saved his son, and lead his family through the silent years of scripture.

His words are not said, but his actions speak louder than words.

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 she 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 to imitate St.Joseph, and truly trust You as Mary does.

Help us all also follow the plan You have for each of us.

Help us to truly see You in the breaking of the bread, and let us give all that we are to You
to guide.

Amen and Amen.

Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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Sunday DRINK AND TELL
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"The woman then left her water jar and went off into the town." -John 4:28

A Samaritan woman brought her water jar to the town well to fill it with water (Jn 4:7). Jesus,
sitting by the well, offered her living water instead (Jn 4:10). Jesus told her: "Whoever drinks
the water I give him will never be thirsty; no, the water I give shall become a fountain within
him, leaping up to provide eternal life" (Jn 4:14). The woman, filled with the flowing water of
the Spirit, forgot all about well water, and simply left her water jar sitting by the well. Her
only concern was to tell others about Jesus (Jn 4:28).

God created human beings to be physically and spiritually thirsty. We need to physically drink
every day, and need to spiritually drink even more frequently. Even the most hard-hearted are
thirsty for Jesus' living water, whether or not they recognize it. Once the Samaritan woman
drank of Jesus' living water, she couldn't help but bring that water to others. Likewise, it's
up to us to give God's thirsty people a drink of Jesus' living water.

The Samaritan woman teaches us that when we drink fully of the water Jesus offers, we will start
evangelizing. We'll be so filled with living water that we won't be able to help it. If we're
not evangelizing, it's likely a symptom that we're getting spiritually dehydrated. Jesus says:
"If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me; let him drink who believes in Me. Scripture has it:
'From within him rivers of living water shall flow' " (Jn 7:37-38). Come to Jesus; drink deeply;
tell the world about Him.


Prayer: Jesus, immerse me in Your living waters. "Water from the side of Christ, wash me."

Promise: "Doing the will of Him Who sent Me and bringing His work to completion is My food."
-Jn 4:34

Praise: Praise You, Jesus, the crucified Resurrection and the Life! (Jn 11:25). You are "the
Author of Life" (Acts 3:15).



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DRINK AND TELL - One Bread, One Body, 3/19/2017

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Sunday, March 19, 2017, Third Sunday of Lent

Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2, 5-8, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9, John 4:5-42
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DRINK AND TELL

"The woman then left her water jar and went off into the town." -John 4:28

A Samaritan woman brought her water jar to the town well to fill it with water (Jn 4:7). Jesus, sitting by the well, offered her living water instead (Jn 4:10). Jesus told her: "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never be thirsty; no, the water I give shall become a fountain within him, leaping up to provide eternal life" (Jn 4:14). The woman, filled with the flowing water of the Spirit, forgot all about well water, and simply left her water jar sitting by the well. Her only concern was to tell others about Jesus (Jn 4:28).

God created human beings to be physically and spiritually thirsty. We need to physically drink every day, and need to spiritually drink even more frequently. Even the most hard-hearted are thirsty for Jesus' living water, whether or not they recognize it. Once the Samaritan woman drank of Jesus' living water, she couldn't help but bring that water to others. Likewise, it's up to us to give God's thirsty people a drink of Jesus' living water.

The Samaritan woman teaches us that when we drink fully of the water Jesus offers, we will start evangelizing. We'll be so filled with living water that we won't be able to help it. If we're not evangelizing, it's likely a symptom that we're getting spiritually dehydrated. Jesus says: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me; let him drink who believes in Me. Scripture has it: 'From within him rivers of living water shall flow' " (Jn 7:37-38). Come to Jesus; drink deeply; tell the world about Him.


Prayer: Jesus, immerse me in Your living waters. "Water from the side of Christ, wash me."

Promise: "Doing the will of Him Who sent Me and bringing His work to completion is My food." -Jn 4:34

Praise: Praise You, Jesus, the crucified Resurrection and the Life! (Jn 11:25). You are "the Author of Life" (Acts 3:15).

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THE PRODIGAL BROTHER - One Bread, One Body, 3/18/2017

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Saturday, March 18, 2017, St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20, Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
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THE PRODIGAL BROTHER

"The son grew angry at this and would not go in; but his father came out and began to plead with him." -Luke 15:28

We always hear about the prodigal son, but his older brother was at least as prodigal. The older brother looked good but was just as alienated from his father as the younger brother. The younger brother did not feel worthy to be called his father's son (Lk 15:18). However, the older brother spoke of life with his father as slavery (Lk 15:29). He did not know that everything his father had was available to him (Lk 15:31). The older son felt resentful his father had never given him "so much as a kid goat" (Lk 15:29).

Many Christians today are like the older son. We appear to never disobey one of God the Father's orders (Lk 15:29). We are church-goers, good citizens, and hard workers. Our vices are socially acceptable. We look good, but aren't in a good relationship with our heavenly Father. We're not cheerfully serving God but begrudgingly slaving for Him out of fear, habit, or social pressures. Our Father has come out and is pleading with us to accept a personal relationship with Him. Say "Yes" this Lent.


Prayer: Father, may I let the world know I'm happy to be Your child.

Promise: He "does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, and will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt." -Mi 7:18-19

Praise: St. Cyril, though exiled more than once, faithfully pastored his flock. His lessons to new converts, written in the fourth century, survive today and have led the Church to proclaim Cyril as a Doctor of the Church.

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HOPING WHEN LIFE IS THE WORST - One Bread, One Body, 3/17/2017

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Friday, March 17, 2017, St. Patrick

Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28, Psalm 105:16-21, Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
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HOPING WHEN LIFE IS THE WORST

"The Stone which the builders rejected has become the Keystone of the structure. It was the Lord Who did this and we find it marvelous to behold." -Matthew 21:42

If we repent in our sinfulness, slavery, and misery, the Lord will take the worst in our lives and make it the best. The Lord manifests His almighty power not just by doing great works but by making the greatest miracles out of the worst sins, injustices, and defeats. "God makes all things work together for the good" of those who love Him (Rm 8:28).

Joseph's brothers decided to murder him. Then they changed their plans from murdering him to starving him and finally to selling him into slavery. The brothers agreed to lie to their father about Joseph's death and thereby broke their father's heart. This was a gross evil. The Lord turned this to the good by raising up Joseph into one of the most powerful people in the world. He saved the lives of countless thousands of people (including his own family) from starvation. Ironically, Joseph, who was almost left to starve to death, saved many countries from starving to death.

The worst evil ever perpetrated and the focal point of every sin that has ever or will ever be committed is Jesus' Passion and death. The Lord took this absolute worst to bring about the ultimate best - the salvation of the whole world.

If you are in the worst of times, there may be reason for you to be even more hopeful. "Rejoice in hope" (Rm 12:12).


Prayer: Father, this Lent may hope well up inside me as never before.

Promise: "The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free. He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions." -Ps 105:20-21

Praise: St. Patrick's enslavement converted a nation. He prayed that whenever people thought of him, they would be prompted to think of Christ.


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THE HEART SPECIALIST - One Bread, One Body, 3/16/2017

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 16:19-31
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THE HEART SPECIALIST

"More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?" -Jeremiah 17:9

Because the human heart is more tortuous, twisted, and deceitful than all else and is beyond remedy, we should:
* give our hearts to the Lord, Who alone probes the mind and tests the heart (Jer 17:10),
* receive a new heart through Baptism (Ez 36:26),
* live our Baptism by loving the Lord with all our hearts (Mt 22:37),
* go to Confession frequently and regularly to prevent our hearts from becoming hardened (see Ps 95:8),
* learn from Jesus, for He is "gentle and humble of heart" (Mt 11:29),
* ask the Lord to heal our hearts, for He "is close to the brokenhearted" (Ps 34:19),
* worship the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and
* ask for the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Next Sunday at Mass, the Church will pray the "First Scrutiny" for hundreds of thousands of catechumens throughout the world. In this ancient prayer, we pray for the Lord to search, purify, heal, and strengthen the hearts of the catechumens. Let us pray this prayer also for our own hearts. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on me!


Prayer: Father, thank You for the pierced heart of Jesus (see Jn 19:34).

Promise: "He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade." -Ps 1:3

Praise: Carol turned to the Lord when her husband died, as they had done together while he lived.

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"THE GREATEST TREASON"? - One Bread, One Body, 3/15/2017

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Jeremiah 18:18-20, Psalm 31:5-6, 14-16, Matthew 20:17-28
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"THE GREATEST TREASON"?

"Let us contrive a plot against Jeremiah. It will not mean the loss of instruction from the priests, nor of counsel from the wise, nor of messages from the prophets." -Jeremiah 18:18

Those who persecuted Jeremiah were very "religious." They were concerned about teachings from the priests, counsel from the wise, and messages from the prophets. James and John were also very "religious." Motivated by their mother, they were not seeking big salaries or many possessions. They just wanted to work for the Church by being Jesus' right-hand and left-hand men (Mt 20:21).

T. S. Eliot wrote in Murder in the Cathedral: "The greatest treason is to do the right thing for the wrong reason." Christians probably do more right things than any other group in the world. However, we are constantly tempted to do the right things with mixed motives. We love God, but not with our whole hearts (see Mt 22:37). We love the Church, the poor, and the sick, but our selfishness still influences us. We often control the sinful desires of the flesh, but we stop short of crucifying our "flesh with its passions and desires" (Gal 5:24). We aspire to humility, but are proud of such an aspiration.

Next Sunday throughout the world, we pray the "First Scrutiny" for the catechumens. Let us ask the Father to scrutinize and purify our hearts.


Prayer: Father, make me single-hearted (Mt 5:8).

Promise: "Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest, and whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all." -Mt 20:26-27

Praise: David gave up trying to "sit on the fence" and gave God top priority.

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PRIDE AND PRAISE - One Bread, One Body, 3/14/2017

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Isaiah 1:10, 16-20, Psalm 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23, Matthew 23:1-12
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PRIDE AND PRAISE

"He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies Me; and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God." -Psalm 50:23

The Lord commands us to praise Him (Ps 50:14); it is a due sacrifice we offer to God (Ps 96:8), just as the other sacrifices we owe Him. It takes humility to praise God, humility to recognize our sinfulness before Him (Is 1:16ff).

We cannot praise Him without acknowledging our own humble position before Him. He is all-powerful and all-merciful. If we are proud, we will not be able to praise Him. In our pride, we will either elevate ourselves, making ourselves the judge, or we debase Him, bringing Him down to the level of a puny being with no relevance. In the latter case, we judge Him unworthy of being praised; in the former case, we don't bother praising Him, for we judge the Lord to be no more capable of arranging things than we are. If we feel we don't need Him, then we don't feel He is worthy of our praise.

Pride is the enemy of praise. The Lord loves a humble heart that praises Him. Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord (Jas 4:10; see 1 Pt 5:6). Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! (Ps 150:6)


Prayer: Father, may I never prefer the praises of men to the glory and praises of God (Jn 12:43).

Promise: "Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow." -Is 1:18

Praise: Often Joyce just prays the Name, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus..."

(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.) (For a related teaching on "Pride and Faith", order, listen to, or download our CD 64-1 or DVD 64 on our website or order our tape on audio AV 64-1 or video V 64.)

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