3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 March 19, 2017 The Israelites have just left slavery in Egypt. You might think they would be very thankful for being set free yet they are grumbling. Now, they do have a real concern. They don’t have water …
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year A Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 March 12, 2017 In our responsorial psalm verse today we sang, “as we place our trust in you.” We come here to place our trust in God is “upright” and “trustworthy” but sometimes we are not sure. …
1st Sunday of Lent, Year A Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 March 5, 2017 Today we hear the story of the “original sin.” Adam and Eve were in the Garden and God had given them just one rule. They were told not to eat of the fruit of …
On Monday night I led a session on our Lenten customs. I say “session” as opposed to having used “presentation” because the format of this one was something new. I used PowerPoint slides to present the information but it also had more audience participation. You can hear all of the audience participation but I hope …
