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First Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)

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The Temptation of Jesus Lectionary:  22 Reading 1 -  Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Responsorial Psalm -  Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 Reading 2 -  Romans 5:12-19 Verse - Matthew 4:4b Gospel -  Matthew 4:1-11 One does not live on bread alone. Every year, we begin our Lenten journey in the same place: the desert.   The Gospel for this Sunday places Jesus in the wilderness, fasting and praying, confronted by temptation. In that stark setting we find the pattern of our own Lenten journey: a movement away from distraction toward the heart of God, a testing that reveals what truly sustains us, and a call to conversion that reshapes our lives.  Throughout our lives, we are frequently confronted with tests … and these tests generally reveal something about ourselves: In school, we demonstrate that we have mastered an academic subject with a test  in sports, we demonstrate our level of a particular skill with a contest  In life, we demonstrate the integri...
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The Feast of the Holy Family (Cycle C)

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The Feast of the Holy Family  of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Lectionary:  17 Reading 1 -  Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Responsorial Psalm -  Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Reading 2 -  Col 3:12-21 Alleluia - Col 3:15a,16a Gospel -  Lk 2:41-52 Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety … Today is the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Pope Leo XIII established this holy day in the late 19th century (1893) to highlight the “importance of the Holy Family to the world as a model for every human virtue necessary for human growth,” … it is day when the Church calls on us to reflect upon the profound mystery of family life, as exemplified by Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Although scripture does not capture much about family interactions during the childhood of Jesus; what we absolutely do know, is that God chose to enter our fallen human condition through his incarnation by the Virgin Mary in order to experience the fullness of human society within the context...
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