"I also admonish and exhort the brothers that in their preaching their words be studied and chaste, useful and edifying to the people, telling them about vices and virtues, punishment and glory; and they ought to be brief, because the Lord kept his words brief when he was on earth." - Saint Francis of Assisi - Chapter IX, Approved Rule

Homily of the Day

Mercoledì – 2a Settimana di Quaresima – A

San Casimiro, principe di Polonia e Lituania, visse nel XV secolo in un ambiente di potere e ambizione politica, ma si distinse per pietà, purezza e carità. Pur destinato al governo, scelse una vita di preghiera, austerità e devozione alla Vergine Maria, preferendo la santità al prestigio terreno.

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Tuesday – 2nd Week of Lent – A – Optional Memorial of Saint Katharine Drexel, SBS

I do hope that your Lenten journey so far is proving to be fruitful to your spiritual life and your continued progress in prayer, the most important element of our life. As you know, my brothers and sisters, during Lent we do not celebrate too many saints, feasts, and memorials because it is a penitential season. However, some saints do shine forth, and they are a bit of a breath of fresh air for us in that they give us some lighter spiritual contemplation during this ascetical period. Saint Joseph being one of them, for example, March 19th. And today I felt that this optional memorial to Saint Katharine Drexel is so important for us to consider, especially we who are Franciscans and Franciscan affiliated, because Saint Katharine Drexel had a beautiful connection to the friars.

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Monday – 2nd Week of Lent – A

We continue our Lenten journey on this Monday of the Second Week of Lent with beautiful readings, first from the Book of the Prophet Daniel, where we're given by that same prophet a beautiful prayer of repentance, asking for forgiveness, asking the Lord to forget their sins, the sins which had brought them into exile in Babylon in the first place.

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Lunedì – 2a Settimana di Quaresima – A

Nel cammino quaresimale di oggi, il profeta Daniele eleva una preghiera di pentimento per il popolo esiliato a Babilonia, chiedendo a Dio perdono per i peccati che avevano portato alla distruzione di Gerusalemme e alla dispersione del suo popolo.

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Domenica – 2a Settimana di Quaresima – A

Entrando nella seconda settimana di Quaresima, le letture ci invitano a riflettere su chi è Gesù e sulle benedizioni che ha portato nelle nostre vite. Nella prima lettura incontriamo Abramo, padre nella fede, che ha creduto e si è fidato di Dio, ricevendo la promessa di diventare una grande nazione attraverso la quale tutte le genti della terra sarebbero state benedette.

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Saturday – 1st Week of Lent – A

Our Heavenly Father continually reminds us how much he loves us, how much he desires to be our Father, and for us to be his children. And so he has given us instructions, instructions on how to solidify what could be an otherwise most beautiful relationship with God.

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Sabato – 1a Settimana di Quaresima – A

Il nostro Padre celeste ci ricorda continuamente quanto ci ama e quanto desidera essere nostro Padre, chiamandoci a vivere come suoi figli. Per questo ci ha dato dei comandamenti che non limitano la nostra libertà, ma rafforzano la relazione di amore che possiamo avere con Lui, invitandoci a camminare nelle sue vie con tutto il cuore e con tutta l’anima.

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Friday – 1st Week of Lent – Year A

Today we hear from the prophet Ezekiel, and he begins this passage in these words: “Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him; he shall live because of the virtue he has practiced. Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? says the Lord GOD. Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from his evil way, that he may live?” (Ezekiel 18:21–23). My brothers and sisters, God doesn't hope that the wicked will persist in their sins, and neither does he take delight in our obstinate heart, in our indifference, in our complacency. But when he sees a truly contrite heart, when he sees that we truly would like to do better, he's already rejoicing.

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Venerdì – 1a Settimana di Quaresima – A

Il profeta Ezechiele ci ricorda oggi che Dio non desidera la morte del peccatore, ma la sua conversione. Quando il malvagio si allontana dal male e compie ciò che è giusto, il Signore dimentica le sue colpe e gioisce del suo ritorno alla vita.

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