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February 2008

  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 2/25/2008

    Yesterday at Mass we heard that engaging gospel account of Jesus' compassionate encounter with the woman at the well in Samaria. He shared with her, not because he was that thirsty for water, but because he wanted to offer her a new way of living: to give her a taste of the "water" he could give to sooth her troubled soul and lead her to a deep joy of living as a result of coming to believe in Jesus and the truth, love, and forgiveness he offered.
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 2/18/2008
    The three words -- prayer, fasting and almsgiving (charity) -- so descriptive of Lenten life are like directional signposts for our 40-day journey through this special season preparing us for the paschal mystery of Easter. As baptized Catholics, we are already committed to following Christ. Lent, however, urges us to "catch-up" to Him a bit and "catch" the spirit of his value system in the way we live our baptismal promises.
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 2/11/2008

    As we begin to live this first week of Lent the words of Isaiah the prophet caution us to remember the type of fast most acceptable to the Lord.

    This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own...
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  • Weekly Meditation
    Posted: 2/4/2008
    Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent in the year of Our Lord 2008. Catholics turn out in large numbers with noticeable eagerness to receive blessed ashes as a public sign of their personal desire to "turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel." Lent offers us the chance to put renewed awareness into our ongoing call to conversion.
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