The Gospel Reading for the Mass for Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent is a curious one: Matthew 20:17-28: “As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves,and said to them on the way,‘Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,and the Son of Man will be handed over to …
March 19th is the Feast of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus. In an effort to connect yet another Catholic devotion to recovery from alcoholism and addiction, I will be posting a novena to the saint for his intercession with God for us. It will start on March 11 and end on the 19th. …
The First Reading for the Mass for Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent again reminds us that if we repent, our lives will be made as new: Isaiah 1:10,16-20: “Hear the word of the LORD,princes of Sodom!Listen to the instruction of our God,people of Gomorrah! Wash yourselves clean!Put away your misdeeds from before my …
Nice, uplifting story about hope in a Catholic News Service story: “Nun helps Bolivia’s street kids build future from past of addiction” (Via CNS.) I have a new book! “The Sober Catholic Way” is a handbook on how anyone can live a sober life, drawn from over 17 years of SoberCatholic posts! It’s out now …
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The Responsorial Psalm for the Mass for Monday of the Second Week of Lent helps those of us who have done the 12 Steps, or at least have gone through the first 5 (the moral inventory and the sharing of that with another). Psalm 79: 8,9,11,13: “Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;may …
The Gospel Reading for the Second Sunday of Lent is a familiar one: it is the Transfiguration of Jesus. Mark 9:2-10: “Jesus took Peter, James, and Johnand led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.And he was transfigured before them,and his clothes became dazzling white,such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.Then Elijah …
The Readings for Mass for the Saturday in the First Week of Lent have a theme that essentially states that following the law of the Lord (keeping His commandments and doing His will) brings happiness. I will just post a link to all three readings instead of copying-and-pasting them here: Readings for Saturday of the …
The Responsorial Psalm from the Mass for Friday of the First Week of Lent is a great prayer to use during one’s nightly examination of conscience or just before Confession. It is a lament, and a plea for God’s mercy. Psalm 130: “Out of the depths I call to you, LORD; Lord, hear my cry! …
In the First Reading from the Daily Mass for the Thursday of the First Week of Lent, Queen Esther was gripped with mortal anxiety over the impending genocide of the Hebrew nation. She prayed to God. Esther C: 12,14-16,23-25: “Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish,had recourse to the LORD.She lay prostrate upon the ground, together …
Everyone in the secular world focuses on the fishy part of the story of Jonah. They don’t pay too much attention to the key part of the reason for the Jonah epic in today’s First Reading in the Daily Mass from Wednesday of the First Week of Lent: Jonah 3:1-10: “The word of the LORD …
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