Lent - A time to sow good seed on fertile soil

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March 23, 2015 - Monday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“O God, by whose wondrous grace
we are enriched with every blessing,
grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life,
that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M22.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 24, 2015 - Tuesday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“Grant us, we pray, O Lord,
perseverance in obeying your will,
that in our days the people dedicated to your service
may grow in both merit and number.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M23.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 25, 2015 - Wednesday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“Enlighten, O God of compassion,
the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance,
and in your kindness
grant those you stir to a sense of devotion
a gracious hearing when they cry out to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M24.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 26, 2015 - Thursday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“Be near, O Lord, to those who plead before you,
and look kindly on those who place their hope in your mercy,
that, cleansed from the stain of their sins,
they may persevere in holy living
and be made full heirs of your promise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M25.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 27, 2015 - Friday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“Pardon the offenses of your peoples, we pray, O Lord,
and in your goodness set us free
from the bonds of the sins
we have committed in our weakness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M26.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 28, 2015 - Saturday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect Prayer:
“O God, who have made all those reborn in Christ
a chosen race and a royal priesthood,
grant us, we pray, the grace to will and to do what you command,
that the people called to eternal life
may be one in the faith of their hearts
and the homage of their deeds.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M27.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
March 29, 2015 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord:

Collect Prayer:
“Almighty ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering
and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M28_ps.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-03-29
 
May 30, 2015 - Monday of Holy Week:

Collect Prayer:
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, though in our weakness we fail,
we may be revived through the Passion of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M29.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

As we begin Holy Week, we find ourselves preparing for the PaschalTriduum and the renewal of our Baptismal Promises. The following links may help us deepen our appreciation of what Our Lord Jesus did for us, and acquire proper disposition for the renewal of our Baptismal Promises and pledge of our fidelity to Our Lord on Easter Sunday:

EWTN’s *Stations of the Cross *(Prayers and Reflections by Mother Angelica) -
www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/Stations/face.htm

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P. on why God allowed His Son to suffer-
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?threadid=723189

The Value of Suffering by Dan Burke -
spiritualdirection.com/blg/2014/04/07/value-of-suffering
 
Amiciel said:
May 30, 2015 - Monday of Holy Week:

Collect Prayer:
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, though in our weakness we fail,
we may be revived through the Passion of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M29.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

As we begin Holy Week, we find ourselves preparing for the PaschalTriduum and the renewal of our Baptismal Promises. The following links may help us deepen our appreciation of what Our Lord Jesus did for us, and acquire proper disposition for the renewal of our Baptismal Promises and pledge of our fidelity to Our Lord on Easter Sunday:

EWTN’s *Stations of the Cross *(Prayers and Reflections by Mother Angelica) -
www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/Stations/face.htm

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P. on why God allowed His Son to suffer-
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?threadid=723189

The Value of Suffering by Dan Burke -
spiritualdirection.com/blg/2014/04/07/value-of-suffering
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Correction to my post yesterday: The correct date is March 30, 2015, not May 30. My apologies for the typo error. :o
 
March 31, 2015 - Tuesday of Holy Week:

Collect Prayer:
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant us so to celebrate
the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion
that we may merit to receive your pardon.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M30.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
April 01, 2015 - Wednesday of Holy Week:

Collect Prayer:
“O God, who willed your Son to submit for our sake
to the yoke of the Cross,
so that you might drive from us the power of the enemy,
grant us, your servants, to attain the grace of the resurrection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Scripture readings and reflections for today:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/M31.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
 
April 02, 2015 - Thursday of Holy Week (Holy Thursday):

For catechesis, reflections and Collect Prayers of the Chrism Mass in the morning and the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the evening, please see links:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=12858420#post12858420
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-02
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/Holy_Thur.htm​

"Christ’s Way of the Cross"
from NCRegister, “Walk with Jesus During Holy Week”:
www.ncregister.com/images/documents/WayoftheCross2015.pdf

"The Sacrament of Penance and the Easter Duty"
from CatholicCulture.org:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-01
 
Amiciel said:
April 02, 2015 - Thursday of Holy Week (Holy Thursday):

For catechesis, reflections and Collect Prayers of the Chrism Mass in the morning and the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the evening, please see links:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=12858420#post12858420
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-02
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/Holy_Thur.htm​

"Christ’s Way of the Cross"
from NCRegister, “Walk with Jesus During Holy Week”:
www.ncregister.com/images/documents/WayoftheCross2015.pdf

"The Sacrament of Penance and the Easter Duty"
from CatholicCulture.org:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-01
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Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPmGcridHQ8
 
April 3, 2015 - Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday):

Today, we commemorate and internalize the sufferings and death of Our Lord on the Cross.

This event was prefigured in Zech 12:10:
‘…when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.’

Then, the actual reality of this crucifixion was confirmed in Jn 19:37:
‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced.’

Trusting in the Lord’s mercy, let us express our sorrow and ask for forgiveness:

Act of Contrition:
'O my God,
I am heartily sorry
for having offended You,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven
and the pains of hell;
but most of all
because I have offended You, my God,
who are all good
and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve,
with the help of Your grace,
to confess my sins,
to do penance,
and to amend my life. Amen.​

For today’s catechesis & reflections, and information on the Novena to the Divine Mercy, please see links:

www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/Good_Friday.htm
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=12861727#post12861727
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-03

"Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPmGcridHQ8​

NOVENA TO THE DIVINE MERCY:

The Novena begins today, Good Friday, in preparation for the Divine Mercy Sunday.

Novena to the Divine Mercy, Day 1:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#1

Note: During this Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm
 
April 04, 2015 - Holy Saturday:
April 04, 2015 (evening) - The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (Solemnity)

Today’s catechesis & reflections from these links:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=12861741#post12861741
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=12867440#post12867440
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/Holy_Sat.htm

Novena to the Divine Mercy - Day 2 (Holy Saturday):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#2

Note: During the Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm
 
April 05, 2015 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Collect:
“O God, who on this day,
through your Only Begotten Son,
have conquered death
and unlocked for us the path to eternity,
grant, we pray, that we who keep
the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection
may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit,
rise up in the light of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Easter reflections:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/eastersunday.htm
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-05

Novena to the Divine Mercy - Day 3 (Easter Sunday):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#3

Note: During the Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm
 
Easter Sunday Reflections from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

CCC 639: "The mystery of Christ’s resurrection is a real event, with manifestations that were historically verified, as the New Testament bears witness…"

CCC 640: "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ’s body from the tomb could be explained otherwise. Nontheless the empty tomb was still an essential sign for all. Its discovery by the disciples was the first step toward recognizing the very fact of the Resurrection. This was the case, first with the holy women, and then with Peter. The disciple ‘whom Jesus loved’ affirmed that when he entered the empty tomb and discovered ‘the linen cloths lying there,’ ‘he saw and beleived.’ This suggests that he realized from the empty tomb’s condition that the absence of Jesus’ body could not have been of human doing and that Jesus had not simply returned to earthly life as had been the case with Lazarus."

CCC 644: "Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they thought they were seeing a ghost. ‘In their joy they were still disbelieving and still wondering.’ Thomas will also experience the test of doubt and St. Matthew relates that during the risen Lord’s last appearance in Galilee ‘some doubted.’ Therefore the hypothesis that the Resurrection was produced by the apostles’ faith (or credulity) will not hold up. On the contrary their faith in the Resurrection was born, under the action of divine grace, from their direct experience of the reality of the risen Jesus."
 
CCC 645: "By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his passion. Yet at the same time this authentic, real body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: not limited by space and time but able to be present how and when he wills; for Christ’s humanity can no longer be confined to earth, and belongs henceforth only to the Father’s divine realm. For this reason too the risen Jesus enjoys the sovereign freedom of appearing as he wishes … precisely to awaken their faith."

CCC 646: "Christ’s Resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter: Jairus’ daughter, the young man of Naim, Lazarus… Christ’s Resurrection is essentially different. In his risen body he passes from the state of death to another life beyond time and space. At Jesus’ Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is ‘the man of heaven.’"
 
April 05, 2015 - Easter Sunday:

Sharing with you some excerpts from the Euchalette, 3/31/2013, p. 4. The reflection is timeless, and is just as applicable today, as it was in 2013:

“The Resurrection is first of all, an event that concerns Jesus Christ. It is his personal triumph over death, and the vindication of the truth of his teaching … He experienced his physical resurrection in all its transforming vitality, just as he had experienced the destructive power of sin in his agony and death. This is what the ‘Paschal Mystery’ is all about…”

But whatever happened to Christ has also cosmic resonance … ** At the Incarnation, the Son of God united himself in a permanent way to every human being with a solidarity that makes him share in all the miseries of every individual (including the deadly consequences of sin), and makes every human being a sharer in Christ’s dignity, holiness, and glory.**"

"This is why Jesus’ coming out of the tomb alive, transformed, immortal … concerns us, too. It concerns all human beings. His resurrection is also mankind’s resurrection because it marks mankind’s liberation from the oppression of sin."

“Christ’s shattering the shackles of death (manifested through the breaking of the seals of his grave) is like the cracking of the shell of a seed which allows the sprout to burst forth with all the freshness of the new life it carries. That sprout is Christ, but is also all mankind. It is also each one of us. On Easter morning a new world dawned, a new humanity rose from the slavery of sin and death, in Jesus, through him and with him. (See Col 2:12-13).”

“No human expression can exhaust the transforming greatness of this mystery. The Church has been proclaiming it during her 20 centuries of existence through her liturgy, her creeds, and her life. She will continue to do so until the liberating power of the Resurrection will have reached its full manifestation in the Kingdom of heaven.”

"There are a billion and one reasons for celebrating, then, as we commemorate, re-live and rejoice in the Resurrection of Jesus. It is our resurrection, too. But we are challenged to prove it by living a new life …" (p. 4.)

Happy Easter, everyone!
May we joyfully welcome Our Lord’s Resurrection today,
and let its grace and blessings color our life,
today and every remaining day of our lives! Amen.
 
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