Sample Lenten Penances
Friday, 12 February 2016
SAMPLE LENTEN PENANCES Some people find it almost impossible to select penitential observances for Lent, and indeed other times and occasions. Here now are some ideas. They are intended only as aids and it would be good if those who peruse them would select their own penances not from these lists but from ideas of
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Lent as I see it
Friday, 12 February 2016
LENT AS I SEE IT While not observed in Ireland, Carnival is celebrated in a spectacular way in many countries and cities. Carnival never obscured Lent but as the modern attractions increase a gradual change can be observed. Retreats and missions were poplar during Lent and that also saw a change and not for the
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Commentary on 1st Sun of Lent (C), 14 th Feb 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
TEXT – Luke 04: 01–13 – Three Temptations Wilderness 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit 2 for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. First Temptation
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – 5th Sunday of Lent
Monday, 31 March 2014
Unbind him and let him go free (John 11:44) Song Take the Stone Away (Marty Haugen) All sing: Take the stone away, come out, come out. Take the stone away come out. A Thought I think when the Prodigal son returned home, his father didn’t say: ‘But you, listen, sit down. ‘What did you do
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – 4th Sunday of Lent
Monday, 31 March 2014
So the blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with his sight restored (John 9:7) Song Open My Eyes (Jesse Manibusan) All sing: Open my eyes, Lord, help me to see your face Open my eyes, Lord, help me to see. A Thought I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Monday, 31 March 2014
Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did (John 4:29) Song Stand Beside Me (Columba McCann) All sing: Stand beside me, walk before me, hold and shelter me, touch and heal me A Thought ‘I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – 2nd Sunday of Lent
Monday, 31 March 2014
‘Stand up,’ he said, ‘do not be afraid’ (Matt 17:8) Song Kyrie (Taizé) All sing: Kyrie, Kyrie eleison …Christe, Christe eleison… Kyrie, Kyrie eleison A Thought ‘And we must never tire of going to ask for forgiveness. You may feel ashamed to tell your sins, but as our mothers and our grandmothers used to say,
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation
Saturday, 08 March 2014
Walking the Road of ReconciliationSeven Step Journey Ash Wednesday 1st Sunday of Lent 2nd Sunday of Lent 3rd Sunday of Lent 4th Sunday of Lent 5th Sunday of Lent Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – 1st Sunday of Lent
Saturday, 08 March 2014
My offences truly I know them (Psalm 50:3) Song Be Merciful, O Lord (Stephen Pishner) All sing: Be merciful, O Lord, we have sinned, we have sinned Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. A Thought ‘Concreteness, honesty, and the genuine ability to be ashamed of one’s mistakes are all qualities needed in order
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Walking the Road of Reconciliation – Ash Wednesday
Saturday, 08 March 2014
Come back to me with all your heart (Hosea 14:1) Song Come Back to Me (Gregory Norbet) All sing: Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life. A Thought ‘Jesus in the confessional is not a dry cleaner. Confession is an encounter with Jesus, with this Jesus
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