Lent 2020
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Lent day 12: the power of prayer
I have recently begun to reflect on the complete and overwhelming power of prayer. It only makes sense that praying improves our character, and thereby our souls, whilst separating us from our vices and weaknesses. There are so many awe inspiring prayers handed down to us by our holy Mother Church. I forget which saint…
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Lent Day 11: The First Station – Jesus is Condemned to Death
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee, because by The Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. Meditation: Consider that Jesus, after having been scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross. Prayer: My adorable Jesus, it was not Pilate, no, it was my sins, that…
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Second Sunday of Lent
The Gradual for today’s mass: The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities. See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins. Psalm 24:17-18 That first line is so ridiculously identifiable, it’s hardly necessary to explain. Isn’t that always the case when we finally turn back to God…