ALL ABOUT LENT

James Akin

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/LENT.HTM

Prayer for Lent

Good and loving God, each year you give us this season of Lent to turn our hearts and minds back to you. May the prayer we offer during this season draw us closer to you in love as we seek forgiveness for our sins. May our fasting help us see that even as this world is a gift from you it is still passing away and will not endure. May our almsgiving honor you as we care for our brothers and sisters whose need is great and whose hope is in you. Help us in this holy season to be reconciled with you and with any whom we have harmed so that we may celebrate an Easter of eternal joy. Amen

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Getting ready for Lent:

the spiritual battle by Fr. James Farfaglia

http://donotbediscouraged.blogspot.com/2010/02/getting-ready-for-lent-spiritual-battle.html

DESSERT NUNS

http://www.desertnuns.com/

lent

http://www.cukierski.net/index.shtml

Brother André to become a Saint

Montreal's beloved Holy Cross brother considered a healer by Catholics

Blessed Mary MacKillop

News of the forthcoming canonization of Blessed Mary MacKillop is being greeted with great excitement

Australian Catholics jubilant over news of first Saint

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=15681

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/asia/100223/saint-mary-mackillop-pope-benedict?page=0,1

http://en.gloria.tv/

Fr. Corapi's

Our Sunday Homily

http://www.fathercorapi.com/Our-Sunday-Homily-C115.aspx

Abandon superficiality in favor of complete conversion, says pope

http://www.catholiccourier.com/cc/index.cfm/news/world-nation/abandon-superficiality-in-favor-of-complete-conversion-says-pope/

AND GOD SAID "NO"

I asked God to take away my pride,

And God said "No."

He said it was not for Him to take away,

But for me to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,

and God said, "No."

He said her spirit is eternal,

While her body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience,

And God said, "No."

He said patience is a by-product of tribulation.

It isn't granted - it is earned.

I asked God to give me happiness,

And God said "No."

He said He gives blessings,

Happiness is up to me.

I asked God to spare me pain,

And God said "No."

He said, "Suffering draws you apart from

Worldly cares and brings you close to Me."

I asked God to make my spirit grow,

And God said "No."

He said I must grow on my own,

But he will prune me to make it fruitful.

I asked God if He loved me,

And God said "Yes."

He gave me His only Son, who died for me,

And I will be in heaven someday

Because I believe.

I asked God to help me love others

As much as He loves me,

And God said,

"Ah, finally you have the idea."

.....by Claudia Minden Welsz

The battle for Catholic culture begins with us, and there is no time like the present to don the armor of spiritual warfare. We either believe and practice what the Church teaches or we live as part of the shadow church, falsely trading on the Name Catholic for its benefits without at the same time shouldering the crosses that this entails. Fr. Thomas Euteneuer

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