fourth Sunday in Lent

This is a day of Rejoycing in the Lord. How do we rejoice in the Lord?

Hebrews 12:25
Baruch 4:1
Revelations 3:20

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God. - Saint Dominic Savio

Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. - Saint Ephraem of Syria

Friday third week of lent

What do we do on Friday's to remember that this is the day our Lord died for us?

Luke 6:12
Jeremiah 23:4
Daniel 3:16-17

Holiness does not demand anything great, beyond the ability of the person. It depends on God’s Love; every daily act can be transformed into an act of love. - Saint Ursula Ledóchowska

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? - Saint Gerard Majella

Wed thrid week of lent

How do we forgive others? is it like God forgives?

Luke 4:13
Romans 7:15
Isaiah 60:1-3

As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have. ~St. Madeline Sophie Barat

The glory of the Cross led those who were blind through ignorance into light, loosed all who were held fast by sin, and ransomed the whole world of mankind. - Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Monday 2nd week of Lent

How have we acted in Charity to others this past week?

Mark 14:37-38
Psalm 119:28-31
Isaiah 64:8

The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom! - Saint Francis de Sales

We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone. - Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

2nd Sunday of Lent

We see how Christ was transformed to help give support for the disciples on their journey. But after that Jesus had His journey to the Cross. Are we transforming our life preparing to follow Christ both to the Cross then to Eternal life with him?

Matthew 6:22-23
James 1:12-15
Ezekiel 14:3-5

We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more. - Saint Joseph Cafasso

He who wishes to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant desire to suffer for His sake. - St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Who is so strong as never to be overcome by temptation, except he who has the grace of the Lord for his helper? - St. Augustine

Thursday 1st week of lent

Are we asking for things that in God's will or are we asking only what we want? do we keep God's will in our focus when we are asking God for anything?

Luke 19:8-9
Revelations 2:19-21
Psalm 118:28-29

In detachment, the spirit finds quiet and repose for coveting nothing. Nothing wearies it by elation, and nothing oppresses it by dejection, because it stands in the center of its own humility. - St. John of the Cross

"He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it." - Blessed Titus Brandsma

Monday 1st week of lent

Do we look to our Lord in all of our needs? or do we tend to only look to Christ in times of need?

John 7:7
Romans 1:16
Baruch 3:2-3

Every time that God converts a hardened sinner he is working a far greater miracle. -Saint John Regis

If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire. - Saint Vincent Ferrer from On the Spiritual Life