Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/20/10 – Day 28 The First Day of Spring Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 16 Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees; 30as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/19/10 – Day 27 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 15 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/18/10 – Day 26 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 14 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? – Luke 11:40 Have you heard some of the things that young people are saying about the Church? They are saying that we [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/17/10 – Day 25 Praying with St. Patrick “I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 One of my favorite hymns, Be Thou My Vision, is attributed to Saint [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/16/10 – Day 24 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 13 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” -Luke 11:28 For all of us who think that we can sit still and look engaged while our minds are really [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/15/10 – Day 23 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 12 “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and [...]
“God’s preemptive forgiveness always goes before any feeble human act of repentance.”
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/13/10 – Day 22 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 11 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; 42there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”- Luke [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/12/10 – Day 21 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 10 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27He answered, [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 3/11/10 – Day 20 Listening to The Teachings of Jesus: Part 9 “See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 20Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, [...]
