This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
March 29, 2009
Gospel: (John 12:20-33)
Jesus answered them, “Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit…Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
March 22, 2009
Gospel: (John 3:14-21)
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have life.”  For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
March 15, 2009
Gospel: (John 2:13-25)
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as money changers seated there.  He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
March 8, 2009
Gospel: (Mark 9:2-10)
Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white…Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.  Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, [...]

Lent Prayer for Patience

Lent Prayer for Patience
On the Cross or Terminal Charm:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.
On the Invitatory Bead:
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you,
A heart to seek you,
Wisdom to find you,
Conduct pleasing to [...]

Lent Devotions from the Society of St. Andrew – Tuesday March 3

The Rich Young Man
Read: Mark 10:17-27
Jesus is getting ready to set out on another trip, but he stops to listen as a man approaches and says, “Good teacher, what do I have to do to have eternal life?”  Jesus tells him that he must follow the commandments. This man acknowledges by his response that he [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
March 1, 2009
Gospel: (Mark 1:12-15)
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan.  He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.  After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the [...]

Lent Devotions from the Society of St. Andrew – Saturday February 28

Giving to the Needy
Read: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-20
Growing up in a small city in South Dakota, the Lenten seasons were ones where we concentrated on 40 days of fasting or choosing something to give up. Lately, rather than giving something up for Lent, I’ve pledged to take some positive action to do something more for Christ. [...]

Lent Devotions from the Society of St. Andrew – Friday February 27

The Ministry of the Reconciliation
Read: 2 Corinthians 5:18-6:10
As a pastor of a local church for twenty-five years and a campus minister for thirteen years, I found that one of my most challenging ministries was to serve as “an agent of reconciliation.” To reconcile is to bring together two opposing parties or points of view. In [...]

Lent Devotions from the Society of St. Andrew – Thursday February 26

The Day of the Lord is Coming  
Read: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
The day is coming when His gathering hands shall bring us all together, standing before Him. That day when the Lord comes to put the world to rights will be a day filled with trembling. The ancient Israelites would not allow themselves to speak or write [...]