WORD
Being a community of believers, we are raised with Christ as we reform our ways and bear fruit.
ORDER
“Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” (Jn 8:11)
PROPHECIES
•Repent and you will not perish.
•Yield to me and I will pardon all your iniquities, heal all your ills, and crown you with kindness and compassion.
DIRECTIONS
•Acknowledge your weakness, reconcile with the Lord by going to confession; go to mass and receive Holy Community regularly.
•Do the work of the Lord with humility, compassion, and love.
READINGS
March 3 Ex 3:1-8,13-15/ Ps 103:1-4,6-8,11/1Cor 10:1-6,10-12/ Lk 13:1-9
March 10 Jos 5:9,10-12/Ps 34:2-7/2Cor 5:17-21/Lk 15:1-3,11-32
March 17 Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11
March 24 Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8,9,17-20,23,24/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14-23:56 or Lk 23:1-49
March 31 Acts 10:34,37-43/Ps 118:1,2,16,17,22,23/Col 3:1-4 or 1Cor 5:6-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:13-35
THEMES AND PROMISES
Week#1 (3rd Sunday of Lent)
Theme: We reform our ways and bear fruit when we please God with our actions.
Promise: “I have come down to rescue them… and lead them … into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.” (Ex 3:8)
Week#2 (4th Sunday of Lent)
Theme: We reform our ways and bear fruit when we welcome our lost brethren back to Christ.
Promise: “When the poor one called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress he save him.” (Ps 34:7)
Week#3 (5th Sunday of Lent)
Theme: We reform our ways and bear fruit when we do not condemn those who have gone astray.
Promise: “… I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink.” (Is 43:20)
Week#4 (Palm Sunday)
Theme: We reform our ways and bear fruit when we share in the suffering of Jesus Christ.
Promise: “It is you who have stood by me in my trials, and I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred one on me, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom.” (Lk 22:28-30a)
Week#5 (Easter Sunday)
Theme: We reform our ways and bear fruit when we preach and testify to Christ’s resurrection.
Promise: “When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with Him in glory.” (Col 3:4)
