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Quote of the Day – 18 February – The First Sunday of Lent Year B

Quote of the Day – 18 February – The First Sunday of Lent Year B

“Lent is like a long ‘retreat’ during
which we can turn back into ourselves
and listen to the voice of God, in order
to defeat the temptations of the Evil One.

It is a period of spiritual ‘combat’
which we must experience alongside
Jesus, not with pride and presumption,
but using the arms of faith:  prayer,
listening to the word of God and penance.

In this way we will be able to celebrate
Easter in truth, ready to renew
the promises of our baptism.”

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One Minute Reflection – 2 February

One Minute Reflection – 2 February

Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered;………..Heb 5: 7-9

REFLECTION – “On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church is celebrating the Day of Consecrated Life.   This is an appropriate occasion to praise the Lord and thank him for the precious gift represented by the consecrated life in its different forms; at the same time it is an incentive to encourage in all the People of God, knowledge and esteem for those who are totally consecrated to God.   Indeed, just as Jesus’ life in his obedience and dedication to the Father is a living parable of the “God-with-us”, so the concrete dedication of consecrated persons to God and to their brethren becomes an eloquent sign for today’s world of the presence of God’s Kingdom.”……..Pope Benedict XVI 2 February 2006

PRAYER – May the Lord renew in you and in all consecrated people each day the joyful response to His freely given and faithful love.   Dear brothers and sisters, like lighted candles, always and everywhere shine with the love of Christ, Light of the world.   May Mary Most Holy, the consecrated Woman, help you to live to the full, your special vocation and mission in the Church for the world’s salvation.   And may we all follow our Lord in obedience. Amen!

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Thought for the Day – 9 January

Thought for the Day – 9 January

The same Spirit, that descended on the water of the River Jordan wafted over the waters during the first creation (Gen 1:2). Therefore, the Baptism in the Jordan presents yet another truth: that Jesus has started a new creation. He is the second man (1 Cor 15:47) or the last Adam (1 Cor 15:45), that comes to repair the first Adam’s guilt. He does this as the Lamb of God that takes away our sins.

‘Looking at the events in light of the Cross and Resurrection, the Christian people realised what happened: Jesus loaded the burden of all mankind’s guilt upon His shoulders; He bore it down into the depths of the Jordan. He inaugurated His public activity by stepping into the place of sinners’ (Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth, Bloomsbury 2007, p 18).

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