“… look, I have slaved for you all these years. Never have I disobeyed your orders. Yet you have never given me even a young goat to celebrate with my friends” v.29. “… after squandering your property with harlots, you killed the fattened calf” v.30. What do you think, whom amongst the two sons was … [Read more…]
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent, March 22, 2017. 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Moses spoke to the people and said: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God … [Read more…]
“Come now,” says the Lord, “let us reason together” Is. 1:18. “Yet even now, return to me with your whole heart ….” Joel 2:12. How do you feel about God – wicked or kind, loving or hostile? One who thinks of me or has altogether forgotten and neglected me. Don’t you know that the kind … [Read more…]
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, March 21, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Daniel 3:25.34-43. Azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud: “For your name’s sake, do not deliver us up forever, or make void your covenant. Do not take away your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, your beloved, … [Read more…]
“To be a champion you must fight one more round, float like the butterfly and sting like a bee” – Mohammed Ali. Yes, the silence can really be deafening, frustrating, excruciatingly painful and defeating. It’s not worth the kiss, just throw in the towel your heart and that menacing voice would tell you. Why should … [Read more…]