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March 14, 2019
1 Corinthians 3:6-11; Psalm 117; Luke 10:1-9 Clement was born in Tasswitz, Moravia, in 1751. By the age of 16 his father had died as well as seven of his 11 siblings, so Clement worked in the fields to help his mother.
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March 14, 2019
St. Clement Hofbauer was born Johannes Hofbauer on December 26, 1751, in Tasswitz, Moravia, the ninth child of a butcher and his wife. His father died when he was only 6 years old. His mother then held a crucifix before him and said, “From now on, He is your father.
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March 13, 2019
Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Psalm 138; Matthew 7:7-12 Huckleberry Finn prayed to catch fish but caught nothing, so he stopped praying. Queen Esther, in danger of death before the king, prayed to God with the hope today’s Gospel speaks of —ask and you will receive—and survived.
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March 12, 2019
Jonah 3:1-10; Psalm 51; Luke 11:29-32 “Nya nya nya nya nya! I’m greater than you are! Nya nya nya nya nya!” How many times did I hear that taunt—or one just like it—on the playgrounds of my youth? Today’s Gospel reminds me a lot of that phrase.
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March 11, 2019
Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 34; Matthew 6:7-15 One of the three pillars of Lent is prayer. Today in the Gospel we are given the Lord’s Prayer as a model for all prayers. Prayer is the daily connection with God in which one listens and the other talks and vice versa.
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March 10, 2019
The Last Judgment Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Psalm 19; Matthew 25:31-46 Our first Scripture reading today tells us: “Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). We are then given a list of actions that are to be avoided.
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March 10, 2019
Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Memory matters. In today’s first reading Moses prescribes a formula to help future generations remember the mighty deeds of the Lord. Every year, no matter how many generations pass or how distant the events of the Exodus become, the children of Israel are to return to the Lord at harvest time.
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March 9, 2019
Jesus calls Matthew, the tax collector. Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 86; Luke 5:27-32 Today we read from chapter 58 of Isaiah. Lenten fasting and sacrifice are directly connected to our relationship with others and with God.
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March 8, 2019
Brother Thomas Kuhn, C.Ss.R., died Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the St. John Neumann Residence (Stella Maris), in Timonium, Md., surrounded by his confreres. He was two weeks shy of his 72nd birthday. Brother Thomas was professed on August 28, 1982.
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March 8, 2019
Isaiah 58:1-9; Psalm 51; Matthew 9:14-15 Today in our Gospel reading, Jesus defends his disciples’ right to celebrate the goodness of God in their lives. Eating and drinking are indeed a sign of the presence of God, and this brief passage calls us to look for God’s grace present in our world and our lives.
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March 7, 2019
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Luke 9:22-25 “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). What does this really mean? First of all, when Jesus spoke about his cross, he had not yet been crucified, so he could not have been referring to the cross on which he was eventually nailed.
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March 6, 2019
Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 What direction will your Lenten journey take? These first days of this holy season, from Ash Wednesday to the first Sunday of Lent, are a time to reflect as a community on the path our spiritual journey will take as we prepare to celebrate Easter.
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March 4, 2019
The 2019 edition of our Daily Lenten Devotions book is now available at no cost in both English and Spanish editions. It includes a reflection for every day of Lent, written for you by Redemptorist priests.
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