Second Sunday of Lent, , March 12, 2017 1st Reading: Genesis 12:1-4A The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your … [Read more…]
“Have you caught anything, friends?” Jn. 21:5. Strive to be faithful, for “God has called us to be faithful and not successful” (St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta). Don’t you know that the fear of failure is the beginning of failure in itself? So many people fail because they spend all their energies in not failing. … [Read more…]
Saturday of the First Week of Lent, March 11, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Deuteronomy 26:16-19. Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making … [Read more…]
“I can do all things in Christ Jesus who strengthens me” Phil. 4:13. “‘…not by might nor by power, but by my spirit,’ says the Lord” Zechariah 4:6. I want to, I can be and I must be holy is a very beautiful and wonderful prospect but cannot be gotten solely on one’s personal effort, … [Read more…]
Friday of the First Week of Lent, March 10, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Ezekiel 18:21-28. Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None … [Read more…]