(Isa
58:6-8) Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands
of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken
go free, and break asunder every burden. Deal thy bread to the hungry,
and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt
see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. Then shall thy
light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise,
and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord
shall gather thee up.
REFLECTION: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving by Fr. Tommy Lane
ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT: A Lenten prayer: restore us as a culture of life
LENTEN SABBATICAL
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Catholic NewsNewer subscribers may also be interested in a meditation that first appeared in the Trib Times in 2004, The Pain of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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http://zenit.org/english/Signs of the Times
http://www.spiritdaily.com/
http://www.lifesite.net/
http://www.thefactis.org/Readings & Meditations for Lent & Holy Week
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/index.html
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/lent.htm
The
Desert Fathers: sayings of the Early Christian Monks: Sober Living
48. A hermit said to a brother,
'The devil is like a hostile neighbour and you are like a house. The
enemy continually throws all the dirt that he can find into your
house. It is your business to throw out whatever he throws in. If you
neglect to do this, your house will be so full of mud that you will not
be able to get inside. From the moment he begins to throw it in, put it
out again, bit by bit; and so with Christ's help your house will remain
clean.'
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