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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 14th
Monday March 15th
Tuesday March 16th
Wednesday March 17th
Thursday March 18th
Friday March 19th
Saturday March 20th
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Fourth Sunday of Lent March 14th
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Joshua 5: 9a,10 – 12
2 Corinthians 5:17 – 21
Luke 15:1 – 3, 11 – 32
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“My son, you are with me here always; everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come back to life.”
(Luke 15)
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Help me to forgive others and give them a second chance.
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Monday March 15th
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Isaiah 65:17 – 21
John 4:43 – 54
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“When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.”
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Help me to admire the humility and faith of the royal official.
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Tuesday March 16th
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Ezekiel 47:1 – 9,12
John 5:1 – 16 |
“Do you want to be well?”
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Help me to understand that God is often more present to me in times of sickness or suffering and to think of these times as graced moments.
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Wednesday March 17th Feast of St. Patrick
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Isaiah 49:8 – 15
John 5:17 – 30
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“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even if she should forget, I will never forget you.”
(Isaiah 49)
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Help me to remember that God loves me as a mother loves her child.
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Thursday March 18th
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Exodus 32:7 – 14
John 5:31 – 47
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“They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it.” (Exodus 32)
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Help me when I “turn aside” and do wrong to remember God’s loving forgiveness
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Friday March 19th Solemnity of Joseph, Husband of Mary
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2 Samuel 7:4 – 5a, 12 – 14a, 16
Romans 4:13, 16 – 18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18 – 21, 24a |
“Joseph, her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.” (Matthew 1)
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Help me to understand the turmoil of Joseph and how he decided after some heavenly encouragement to follow his heart.
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Saturday March 20th
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Jeremiah 11:18 – 20
John 7:40 – 53 |
“Never before has anyone spoken like this man.”
(John 7)
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Even the guards sensed something different about this man. Help me to grow in love for Jesus.
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