Category: Lent

Christ is the light of the world. We are to be lights of the world.

Living water. Free acceptance of the Gospel. Conforming our hearts to God’s will.

Grace. Our response. The promise of eternal life.

God is merciful to sinners. Concupiscence and self-mastery. Lenten activities.

This Sunday’s readings present God’s promises to the Patriarch Abraham, St. Paul on the glory that awaits us in heaven, and Christ’s glorification on the mountain of Transfiguration. For an outline that focuses on the relationship between suffering and glory, click here. For an outline that draws out implications for us of being citizens of…

Central idea: Loving life by hating it. Doctrine: The virtue of temperance or selfless self-preservation. Practical application: Personal encounter with Christ.

Know Christ better because his graciousness and mercy are a surpassing treasure.

The parable of the prodigal son and the need for continual conversion.

Lent is for repentance and renewal. We can enter our own desert through prayer, almsgiving, and penance.

The Transfiguration teaches that the Cross and glory go together, a truth we can integrate into our lives.

Jesus’ temptation, Lent, and Israel’s forty years in the desert. Making God’s merciful love tangible in our daily lives this Lent.