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March 12, 2011
March 13th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 6 Period II.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for March 13th are Joyful.
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March 12, 2011
R. Moses came to help God's people to
be free —
The cries of God's people were
heard —
Pharaoh had the baby boys
killed —
Moses came in a basket in
the river —
Jesus came in Bethlehem —
Jesus died and rose
Jesus gives us baptism
Moses was in the desert
after he left the
Pharaoh —
God appeared to Moses in
the burning bush —
God told Moses to go back to
free the people
Moses returned to Egypt
Moses had been a shepherd —
The Pharaoh refused to
let the people go —
God sent plagues
There were many false
gods in Egypt —
The Israelites were
saved by the final
plague with the
blood of the Passover Lamb
being on the door post —
This prefigured Jesus'
death on the cross —
He gives us the Eucharist
today —
God divided the
Red Sea —
prefiguring baptism —
The Hebrews grumbled
God gave them gifts and
the journey and they
grumbled —
They rebelled against God —
They wandered for 40 years —
They were unbelieving —
God took the Israelites
to the Promised Land —
Moses disobeyed God —
Grumbling brought fiery
serpents
The bronze serpent
was to prefigure
Christ on the cross —
Joshua led the people
across the Jordon to
Canaan —
Moses had this role in
salvation history —
The Old Testament prefigures the
New Testament
Moses was blessed
Moses was a great prophet —
Moses set the people free —
The Hebrews were held bound
by the Egyptians —
The Hebrews grumbled and were
ungrateful to God —
How should we thank
God for His gifts —
His Word?
Baptism?
The Eucharist?
Confession?
The Church?
The Priest?
The World?
We are ungrateful —
We are rebellious —
Matthew 22: 36-40
'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
The Ten Commandments
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
The Commandment
"I am the Lord thy God,
thou shalt not have
false gods before Me"
Commands we give God
alone the supreme worship
due Him —
We do this by faith, hope
and love — adoring God —
praying to God —
All thoughts, words, deeds
or omissions that are
opposed or contrary
to these acts by
which we worship God —
are sins forbidden by the
commandment —
Of these are hatred of God or
our neighbor, sloth,
envy, scandal
We are to study — to know and
to believe our faith
and profess it —
Hope obliges us to
trust in God —
That God will give us
eternal life and the means
to obtain it —
We must do our part —
God is infinitely good —
We are to love God
We are to love our neighbor
Love our neighbor as ourselves
Excerpt from Response to God's Love
The best method is that method which, here and now, best serves the maturing Christian—namely, the Christian who is increasingly experiencing a transformation of consciousness. Such a person is more and more aware of the true self and, through this awareness, more and more convinced that he or she is one who is called to self-transcendence, to an ever greater love of God and neighbor. We return again, then, to the interrelationship between the three awarenesses and the three loves—awareness and love of the true self, awareness and love of God, awareness and love of neighbor.
We are to live a holy, good
life —
We are to have a strong
faith —
A life of virtue —
Presumption and despair
are sins against hope
First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 2: 7-9;
3: 1-7Yahweh God shaped man from the soil of the ground and blew the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living being.
Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. From the soil, Yahweh God caused to grow every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' The woman answered the snake, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death." ' Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will not die! God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.' The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.
Romans 5: 12-19
Well then; it was through one man that sin came into the world, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin already existed in the world before there was any law, even though sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Nonetheless death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sin was not the breaking of a commandment, as Adam's was. He prefigured the One who was to come . . .
There is no comparison between the free gift and the offence. If death came to many through the offence of one man, how much greater an effect the grace of God has had, coming to so many and so plentifully as a free gift through the one man Jesus Christ! Again, there is no comparison between the gift and the offence of one man. One single offence brought condemnation, but now, after many offences, have come the free gift and so acquittal! It was by one man’s offence that death came to reign over all, but how much greater the reign in life of those who receive the fullness of grace and the gift of saving justice, through the one man, Jesus Christ. One man’s offence brought condemnation on all humanity; and one man’s good act has brought justification and life to all humanity. Just as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience are many to be made upright.
Psalm 51: 3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17
A prayer of contrition
For I am well aware of my offences,
my sin is constantly in mind.
Against you, you alone, I have sinned,
I have done what you see to be wrong,
that you may show your saving
justice when you pass sentence,
and your victory may appear when you give judgement,
remember, I was born guilty,
a sinner from the moment of conception.
But you delight in sincerity of
heart,
and in secret you teach me wisdom.
Give me back the joy of your
salvation,
sustain in me a generous spirit.
I shall teach the wicked your paths,
and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from bloodshed, God, God
of my salvation,
and my tongue will acclaim your saving justice.
Sacrifice to God is a broken
spirit,
a broken, contrite heart you never scorn.
Matthew 4: 1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and said to him, ‘If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says:
Human beings live not on bread
alone
but on every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’
The devil then took him to the holy city and set him on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are Son of God,’ he said, ‘throw yourself down; for scripture says:
He has given his angels orders
about you,
and they will carry you in their arms
in case you trip over a stone.’
Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says:
Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’
Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. And he said to him, ‘I will give you all these, if you fall at my feet and do me homage.’ Then Jesus replied, ‘Away with you, Satan! For scripture says:
The Lord your God is the one
to whom you must do homage,
him alone you must serve.’
Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels appeared and looked after him.
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First Sunday of Lent
February 10, 2008
INTRODUCTION
– (Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Romans 5: 12-19, Matthew 4: 1-11) Today’s first reading tells us the story of the creation of our first parents, their temptation and their fall from grace. This does not pretend to be a documentary of what happened one or two million years earlier. It is more like a parable that attempts to understand the problem of evil. God created the human race to be happy and to share in his grace and friendship. This is indicated by the Garden of Eden. This story of Adam and Eve tells us the source of evil is our decision to give in to temptation, to not trust, to make our own rules, to use the free will which God gave us to say “no” to God. The story shows us that we bring suffering upon ourselves as a result. Paul, in the second reading, reflects on this sinful tendency in all of us. But his emphasis is on the good news that Christ can save us from sin.HOMILY
– A teacher asked her little children in religion class to draw a picture of their favorite bible story. One small boy drew the picture of an elderly gentleman, elegantly dressed, driving a big convertible. In the back of the car were two people, hardly dressed at all. The teacher thought it was an interesting picture and asked what it meant. The young artist was surprised the teacher had to ask, but he explained that was God driving Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. Today’s gospel, where Jesus refuses to give in to temptation, is contrasted with the first reading where Adam and Eve did give in. We’ll never know precisely what their sin was, but it doesn’t matter. Ultimately their sin was no different than ours, a decision not to trust God when he tells us to do or not to do something. Even though Adam and Eve gave in to sin, we can’t be too condemning of them. We might not have done any better ourselves.Temptation is always a matter of thinking we can be happier without God’s direction or help. The grace to resist temptation is always available to us, but we don’t always use it. All of us are tempted. Even Jesus himself was tempted. Did you notice how Jesus always answered the devil with a quote from scripture. It shows how knowing scripture can be a real help to resist temptation. Then again, the devil quoted scripture too, so we have to know it well.
We always begin the season of Lent with Jesus in the desert. I want to say a word or two about the desert. Jesus was sent there by the Holy Spirit right after his baptism. It was a time to reflect and pray, a time of transition from the workshop to his work of teaching and healing. We all need to go into the desert from time to time. Sometimes the Holy Spirit takes us there by denying to us for a time the joys and consolations that we would like our religion to bring us. Sometimes life itself takes us into a desert, with the loss of a loved one or a job or our health, or a feeling that we’ve lost our purpose. Our faith is really tested during such times. That’s when we wonder whether God still loves us, whether God is still with us. Lent is a kind of little desert as we are encouraged to temporarily back away from a few of life’s pleasures, pleasures that distract us from reflecting on the more serious side of life. Often I minister to people who are dying. It’s not unusual for someone to say to me: “I never thought this would happen to me.” I guess they never thought about what was ahead for all of us. Life could be over for any of us tomorrow. The important thing to know is that eternal life is ahead for us too if we remain faithful to our Lord and follow him. Jesus told us he would prepare a place for us in his Father’s home and he will never reject anyone who comes to him. But we do have the freedom to turn away from him by not following the way he has shown us. Indeed, these are profound thoughts, but that’s what Lent is for, to think and pray about these things.
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