Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn. 4:5-42 A “Revitalizing” Weariness The Lord Jesus arrived in Samaria “tired from his journey” and stopped at Jacob’s Well. It seems odd that the Master, who never ceased to proclaim by word and deed the coming of the Kingdom of God, who was tireless in healing the… Read more »
Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 33; 2 Timothy 1:8-10; Matthew 17:1-9 A Transfiguring Climb Climb! Keep climbing! Never stop climbing! Let’s make it clear that it is not easy to take one’s first steps in the Lenten desert, just as it was not easy for Abram–who was called to leave his homeland and become a wayfarer–to… Read more »
Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 The “Fullness” of the Desert How many deserts we must cross to reach the “promised land” of freedom–a journey which invites us to bring to completion the person we are called to be, not the one who does whatever he/she pleases. The desert of daily problems;… Read more »
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2017
