Month: February 2013
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Third Sunday of Lent
Central Idea: Doing good. Doctrine: The Second Commandment. Practical Application: Honoring God’s name. To see the readings, click here (Lectionary: 30). Central Idea: We are here not to do evil, nor to do nothing, but to do good. God promised to make Abraham the father of a nation and to give his descendants a good…
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Second Sunday of Lent – February 24
Central Idea: Our citizenship is in heaven. Doctrine: The duty of the laity to reform the temporal order. Practical Application: Professionalism. The readings can be found here. (Lectionary: 27) Central Idea: Our citizenship is in heaven God gave Abraham a vision. He promised to make of Abraham a nation of people as countless as the…
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First Sunday of Lent—February 17
Central Idea: Christ overcame the temptations of the devil. Doctrine: Reparation. Practical Application: Small mortifications. For today’s readings click here. (Lectionary: 24) Central Idea: Christ overcame the temptations of the devil Dt 26:4-10 The first reading is part of the instruction Moses gave to the Chosen People before they were to enter the Promised Land. It specifies…
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: God chooses his messengers, including us. Doctrine: Fear of the Lord. Practical Application: Living as a child of God. To view today’s readings, click here. (Lectionary: 75) Central Idea: God chooses his messengers, including us Reading 1 Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and…