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Pope Francis gave three reasons for calling for the year of St. Joseph: to increase our love for this great saint, to encourage us to implore his intercession, and to imitate his virtues and his zeal.
Later this month we will be celebrating the highest level of feasts of St. Joseph; the Solemnity of St. Joseph, but the whole month is actually dedicated to St. Joseph. St. Joseph, pray for us!
Today is the second Sunday of Lent. Every year on this Sunday we hear the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus that took place on a high hill in Galilee; traditionally identified as Mount Tabor. It is a wonderful story for Lent.
Our most important goal in life should be to get to heaven. Sometimes we can find our way onto the wrong path which leads us away from that goal. Lent is an opportunity to turn around and get back on the right path to Christ.
Lent is traditionally known as a time for conversion. The most effective conversion is not simply what you do, but your very heart. It is also a tradition in the Church to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Fridays.
Our main goal in this life is to get to heaven, and even little things can knock us off track on our way there; resentments, greed, gossip and so on. There is no room for sin in heaven, so we will need to rid ourselves of it now.
We are in the Liturgical season of Lent. The word Lent comes from and old Anglo-Saxon word meaning Spring. Spring will soon be here in the Northern Hemisphere and many people will be preparing their fields and gardens.
You are never to old to serve God, and in fact from the Christian way of life, there is no retirement. Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Polycarp. He payed the ultimate price of martyrdom when he was 86 years old.
Today the Church sets aside the violet vestments for Lent in exchange for white since today is the celebration of the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. This is the day we remember that Christ chooses Peter as the rock on which he will build His Church.
Many people think that just because they experience great temptation, that they are a bad person. Today’s Gospel on the temptations of Jesus are a good anecdote to that.