Thought for the day…

                                                       Week of Mar. 17 to Mar. 23, 2019

Sun. Mar 17                                         Second Sunday of Lent

                             Jesus served others without considering it or them a burden.

                                                                                  Servant of God, Bishop William Giaquinta

                                                Suggestion:  Cheerfully try and do good deeds for others this lent.

Mon. Mar 18                                   Feast of Cyril of Jerusalem   

                                               The love   of God …grew in me more and more as did the faith and my soul was raised.

                                                                                                     Words of St. Patrick while a slave in Ireland

                                             Suggestion: Pray that your love of God grows during the Lenten season

Tue. Mar 19                        Feast of   St. Joseph, Spouse of Blessed Mary

                        Every deed of Christ is a cause of glorying to the Catholic Church but her greatest of

                             all glorying is in the Cross of Christ.               

                                                                                                      Saint Cyril of Jerusalem                              

Suggestion:  This lent embrace YOUR cross with a happy heart.

Wed. Mar 20                                        First Day of Spring

                                                                                But God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of Christ.

                                                                                                                 Saint Paul

 Suggestion:  Lent is a time of sacrifice …what are you doing?

Thu. Mar 21       Amen I say to you whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did

                           for me,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Matthew 25:40

                                        Suggestion: Consider donating clothes or food to your local parish for the needy.

Fri. Mar 22                                                           Day of Abstinence

                        Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.

                                                                          John Wesley, Theologian 1703-1791

                                                Suggestion:  Great formula during lent…try it

Sat. Mar 23   Christ was and continues to be the servant of the Father, i.e., He who is completely given and available to the Father for His brothers.                                

                                                                                  Servant of God, Bishop William Giaquinta

                                                            Suggestion:  Try and be available to serve others this Lenten season.

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