Passion Sunday: Jesus is the Lamb whose sacrifice is the never-failing source of New Life
'Today, if ye shall hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.'
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Articles tagged Penance
Feast of the Annunciation: Mary co-operates in the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death
Hail full of grace! The Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women!
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God allows us to fall into the death of sin that we might grow in humility
Jesus tells Martha that He is the Resurrection and the Life, and that they who believe in Him shall not die, that is, shall not die the death of sin.
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If you’ve faltered this Lent, reconcile with Jesus and He will bring you to new life
Before entering on the two weeks, which are to be devoted to the commemoration of our Savior’s Passion, the Church shows her children the tender mercies of Him whose Blood is to purchase our reconciliation with Divine Justice.
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Only faith in Jesus Christ can open our eyes from the blindness of sin
We are all born blind; Jesus, by the mystery of his Incarnation, figured by this clay which represents our flesh, has merited for us the gift of sight; but in order that we may receive it, we must go to the pool of him that is divinely sent, and we must be washed in the water of baptism.
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Mankind is doomed to idolatry without the light of Christ
Let us resist our passions, which, if the light of faith were taken from us, would lead us to idolatry.
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Lent is a time to purge our souls of sinful habits and become obedient to the Church
The day of pardon is close at hand; let us make ourselves worthy to receive it.
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At this midpoint of Lent let us renew our resolve to repent and ‘sin no more’
Let us imitate the penitents of the primitive Church, and during these remaining days of Lent, consolidate the foundations of the new life we have begun.
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The only remedy for our sins is to be washed in the blood of Jesus
Let us give glory to God, who has endowed water with the heavenly power it now possesses; let us praise him for the wonderful workings of his grace, which produces in docile hearts that Faith whose recompense is so magnificent.
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Be boldly faithful to Christ this Lent, for ‘he that is not with me is against me’
Christians! remember your baptismal vow; you have renounced Satan: take care, then, that by a culpable ignorance you are not dragged into apostasy.
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