5th Sunday of Lent

TO DIE WITH HIM

Prophet Ezekiel lived among the people of Israel while in exile at Babylon. The tragic situation of the people of Israel in exile is well described by Prophet Ezekiel. Life in exile was so terrible and discouraging, there was no hope of returning home and even worse, more and more Jews were turning to the pagan religions. Yet, God did what no human power could do; He worked the wonder of bringing the people back to their native land and set the stage for them to become a great nation again. Paul in his letter to the Christians of Rome writes about sin and its disastrous effect on human beings. Yet, God in his mercy, sent his Son into the world, to give back to man the divine life which was lost by sin. We all must die and in Him we find the remedy for our death. Christ came to raise us back to life and this is the message of the liturgy of today. For people without faith, death will always remain a mystery. Do we believe in the power of Jesus?

Liturgical materials for the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ua4g72RmK9tWK_fjG2CaWQdC7DTSXzRo?usp=share_link

Feast of St. Joseph

SAINT JOSEPH PROTECTOR AND GUIDE

Dearest brethren, sons and daughters! Today's feast invites us to meditate about Saint Joseph, Our Lord Jesus' legal and foster father. Because of that function which he performed in regard to Christ during his childhood and youth, he has been declared Patron or Protector of the Church, which continues Christ's image and mission in time and reflects them in history.

the Church invokes him as her Patron and Protector through her unshakeable trust that he to whom Christ willed to confide the care and protection of His. own frail human childhood, will continue from heaven to perform his protective task in order to guide and defend the Mystical Body of Christ Himself, which is always weak, always under attack, always in a state of peril. Finally, we call upon St. Joseph for the world, trusting that the heart of the humble working man of Nazareth, now overflowing with immeasurable wisdom and power, still harbours and will always harbour a singular precious fellow-feeling for the whole of mankind. So may it be.

Liturgy for the Feast of St. Joseph (March 20, 2023) -

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tX8gzdewqjlTOrT9dlRNyYmNyajZNsMo?usp=share_link

4th Sunday of Lent

HELP ME TO SEE

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is known as “Laetare (Rejoice) Sunday,” expressing the Church’s joy in anticipation of the Resurrection of our Lord. Today’s readings remind us that it is God Who both gives us proper vision in body as well as in soul and instructs us that we should be constantly on our guard against spiritual blindness. To live as a Christian is to see and to grow continually, gaining clearer vision about God, about ourselves and about others. Our Lenten prayers and sacrifices should help to heal our spiritual blindness so that we can look at others, see them as children of God, and love them as our own brothers and sisters, saved by the death and Resurrection of Jesus.

Liturgical materials for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ve3ESaRS6y4hcfQIQpVdYCBOvY-SSAPb?usp=share_link

3rd Sunday of Lent

THE LIVING WATER

The world today is moving towards an arrogant independence. Each individual wears an attitude of pride that others do not matter to them. Season of Lent is a right occasion to remedy this. As Lent approaches we start to feel that we will now lack what we have been used to: lacking in joy, lacking in love, lacking in food, lacking in beauty, etc. Often, we forget that lent is a time of grace, a time of filling, a time of refilling, a time of energizing our spiritual life. During this period, we meditate on the goodness of God, on his gracious acts in our lives.

The Book of Exodus explores God’s acts of kindness despite the murmurings of the Israelites. Further, St Paul affirms that it is merely through the mercy of Jesus that we have entered the state of grace in which we can look forward to God’s glory. In the gospel of John, an act of God’s grace is once again initiated by Jesus who encounters a rejected Samaritan woman and invites her to a life of grace and also to be the partner in reaching this grace to others.

Liturgical materials for the Third Sunday of Lent.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uDrtBDi68135DtvDehs6dIPZE_xL7We6?usp=share_link

2nd Sunday of Lent

TRANSFORM & RADIATE

Today’s liturgy invites us to pay heed to the transformative call of God to each one of us. The way of life we have chosen and if we cooperate with the grace of God and be committed and consecrated to it. We shall be blessed through it. That is our transfiguration. The readings invite us to work, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, to transform and renew our lives during Lent, that we may radiate the glory and grace of the transfigured Lord which we have received, to all around us by our Spirit-filled lives. The Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain reminds us that the way of the cross leads to Resurrection and eternal life, and that the purpose of Lent is to help us better to enter into those mysteries.

Liturgical materials for the Second Sunday of Lent.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1llLDvtrdii5LbeRDfUoS_EjFXI0NSMNZ?usp=share_link