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This is an invitation. For some this may be a spring board for meditation, for others a source of insight and for others the beginning or renewal of a mystical relationship with our God. However the Spirit leads you, may you experience peace!
Sunday March 28th
Monday March 29th
Tuesday March 30th
Wednesday March 31st
Thursday April 1st
Friday April 2nd
Saturday April 3rd
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Palm Sunday March 28th
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Isaiah 50:4 – 7
Philippians 2:6 – 11
Luke 19:28 – 40
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"Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, ...coming in human likeness...he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
(Philippians 2)
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Help me to share in a special way the Passion of Christ--especially by bearing the bitterness and burdens of my own life as Christ has shown me.
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Monday March 29th
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Isaiah 42:1 – 7
John 12:1 – 11
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"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages and given to the poor?"
(John 12)
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Help me to compare the attitudes of Mary and Judas the Iscariot when Mary washed the feet of Jesus Return to top
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Tuesday March 30th
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Isaiah 49:1 – 6
John 13:21 – 33, 36 – 38
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“Peter said, ‘Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’”
(John 13)
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Help me to realize I am, like Peter, impetuous with quick and short-lived promises.
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Wednesday March 31st
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Isaiah 50:4 – 9a
Matthew 26:14 – 25
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"I say to you, one of you will betray me."
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Jesus let Judas follow his own avaricious ways. Help me to learn to use my freedom carefully rather than break the trust of love Jesus offers me.
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Holy Thursday April 1st Mass of the Lord’s Supper
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Exodus 12:1 – 8, 11 – 14
1 Corinthians 11:23 – 26
John 13:1-15
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"Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me."
(John 13)
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Help me to follow Jesus' directive to Peter and be of service my neighbor
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Good Friday April 2nd Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
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Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12
Hebrews 4:14 – 16; 5:7 – 9
John 18:1 – 19:42 |
"But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, ... by his stripes we were healed."
(Isaiah 52)
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Help me to have a deep faith in your mercy and to turn away from sin,
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Holy Saturday April 3rd Easter Vigil
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Genesis 1:1 – 2:2
Romans 6:3 – 11
Luke 24:1 – 12 |
"Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life."
(Romans 6)
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