Month: March 2022
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Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare)
Readings: Exodus 16:2–21 | Galatians 4:21-31 | John 6:1-15 Text: John 6:1-15 The name, Laetare, comes from the first word of the Introit, “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; that you may nurse and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” It sounds great to invite people to rejoice,…
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Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi)
Readings: Jeremiah 26:1–15 | Ephesians 5:1-9 | Luke 11:14–28 Text: Ephesians 5:1-9 The art on the bulletin cover is unsettling. It’s disturbing to think of a demon possessing a person. It’s grotesque because that’s not what the human body was made for. The demon, whether it was visible or invisible—doesn’t belong there. Neither should it…
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Reminiscere (Second Sunday in Lent)
Text: Matthew 15:21-28 Last Sunday, we heard Jesus teach us about His victory over the Devil on our behalf, and how we draw comfort in our own temptations and weakness as the Devil assaults us. Today, He teaches us about prayer. When it comes to the great examples of prayer in the Bible, you might…
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Invocavit
~ First Sunday in Lent ~ Readings: Genesis 3:1–21 | Hebrews 4:14–16 | Matthew 4:1–11 Text: Matthew 4:1-11 The season of Lent is not a 6-week period of feeling bad for ourselves, bemoaning our inadequacy, or—God forbid!—feeling more pious than the rabble of the world. It is a time of teaching, of catechesis, that we…