Posts Tagged ‘Great Lent’
2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 31
If you are keeping up with the readings of the day, you have probably noticed that the Church skipped some verses recently. It isn’t that these verses aren’t important. What is important to keep have in mind is that the readings during Great Lent are reminding us of the beginning and setting us up for…
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We live in a harsh world filled with crime, war, and poverty. Violence rips through our neighborhoods sparing not even little children attending school. It can be difficult to remain faithful that God will ‘make everything ok’ in the end. He has a plan for our salvation, but between now that then, things can get…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 29
We begin the fifth week of Great Lent with a reminder of the sinfulness of humanity and the promise of God for salvation. By the time the week is over we will witness another cycle of sin, destruction, promise, and salvation. For today, God has promised to Abram all the land he could see. He…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 28
When I was young growing up in Colorado, on more than one occasion I had the opportunity to climb a mountain. I will admit I never climbed a giant mountain, not one of those you see in the movies, but it was a mountain. I can still remember the first time my family went to…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 26
This week finishes with another ‘fast forward’ of the ancestry of Noah through Shem. Allow me to recap for a moment. Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel. After Cain killed Abel, they had Seth. From Seth we learned the descendants through Noah, and then on to Shem’s descendants. Today we land on the doorstep…
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There is an old joke among parents. If your children are quiet, they’re up to something. All parents know this to be true. Children who are getting in trouble avoid detection at all costs. As parents we laugh, but as a Church we weep. If left alone, we all eventually get in trouble. These are…
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Many do not know the original practice of Holy Confession was public in the Church. That meant that people would publicly admit to each other their sins. This was important because of our union in the Church. When we sin, we bring sin into the body of the Church. Of course, pretty quickly this practice…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 23
Whether you open a bank account, subscribe to online software, or purchase a house, one thing is for sure. You will need to sign on the bottom line. Some do business with a handshake. Others have rooms full of legal experts drafting pages of agreements for official signatures. Our mutual dealings are signed for proof…
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Growing up with loving but strict parents is a struggle that pays dividends in blessings. When we made mistakes as children, our parents corrected our behavior. The correction was normally in two parts if our parents loved us. First, we learned about our mistakes. Second, we received new expectations that considered our limitations. God does…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 21
Half-way through Great and Holy Lent we are brought face-to-face with the Veneration of the Precious and Holy Cross of Christ. In the Gospel read on the Third Sunday of Lent, Jesus calls each of us to discipleship with the words, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his…
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