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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!
Ash Wednesday
Thursday February 18th
Friday February 19th
Saturday February 20th
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Ash Wednesday February 17th
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| Joel 2:12 – 18 2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:2 Matthew 6:1 – 6, 16 – 18 |
"Brothers and Sister, we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us."
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Help me to realize and put into practice what my Baptismal commitment means - to be an "ambassador".
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Thursday February 18th
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Deuteronomy 30:15 – 20
Luke 9:22 – 25 |
"What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?" (Luke 9)
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Help me to remember during this day that I represent Christ?
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Friday February 19th
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Isaiah 58:1 – 9a
Matthew 9:14 – 15
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"This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the
thongs of the yoke; …”
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Help me to follow Isaiah's suggestion to untie the yoke of hunger in Haiti by prayer and almsgiving.
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Saturday February 20th
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Isaiah 58:9b – 14
Luke 5:27 – 32 |
"Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
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Help me to be patient with my brokenness.
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